Today's handsome apple blushes a deep rich crimson accented with purple and decorated with many tan lenticels. The color seems solid and saturated at first glance but upon closer inspection resolves into streaky bands. The color is more attenuated on the reverse side but even there covers 100% of the peel, which appears to be a green yellow. I have three Winecrisps of varying sizes, round and slightly ribbed. A faint smokey bloom cuts the visual volume a notch, but vigorous rubbing reveals a naturally glossy peel. The stem well has the usual russet star. The apple is rock hard and dense and has a sweet grassy smell. I can't wait to bite in.
An amateur explores the pomaceous fruit