or grayish cast. Flavor is better than appearance. 

 We rate flavor as good but not outstanding. It tastes 

 very much like a Spencer. Fruit was dropping on 

 October 13. We have better apples than Brock. 



COOP 29 (**) is a green-yellow apple with a brown 

 pink cheek. These characteristics, coupled with 

 some russeting, make this apple not very attractive. 

 Flesh was firm, tart, astringent, and crisp with a 

 very distinct and strong strawberry taste. In fact, 

 this is the only apple that we have ever tasted that 

 even remotely reminds us of strawberries. Although 

 it is unattractive and flavor only good, it is disease 

 resistant and it may be different enough to make it. 



Criterion (*). We have not been able to mature 

 Criterion properly for two out of three years. Fruit 

 were mostly green on October 19, even when flesh 

 firmness was only 13.5 pounds. Skin was tough, 

 flesh whitish-green, and the flavor acceptable. Cri- 

 terion is not going to replace Golden Delicious. 



Dayton (**). We evaluated Dayton for the first time 

 this year. We were hoping for more than we got. It 

 is a large, not-too-attractive, red apple with a bumpy 

 irregular surface. It has a pleasant, perfumy, spicy 

 flavor but other oiltivars ripening in early to the 

 mid-September are better. It may have a future as 

 a disease-resistant apple, but on its own it will not 

 beat better apples in the same season. 



Dulcet (**) is a deep burgundy red apple with 

 prominent lenticels. It is too dull a red to be a truly 

 attractive apple. Although reminiscent of Delicious, 

 it appears to have a fairly low L/D ratio. The flavor 

 is sweet, buttery, but not overwhelming. The juice 

 seemed quite thick and the whitish green flesh does 

 not appear to brown when exposed to the air. Dulcet 

 was a good but not an outstanding apple. 



Elstar (*) continues to leave us unimpressed after 

 three years of evaluation. The color is not outstand- 

 ing and the acid level is too high even when the 

 ground color is yellow. Last year the trees 

 overcropped. Even with a very light crop this year 

 due to biennial bearing, firuit size was still unaccept- 

 ably small. This is the same pattern that we observe 

 here with Empire. Elstar is just not good enough to 

 compete with other apples in its season (Gala and 

 Arlet). If one places Elstar in storage to mellow, it 

 still must then compete with other later cxiltivars 

 that are vastly superior. We can not recommend 

 Elstar. 



Fantazja (**t) was an unexpected surprise. It is a 

 Polish apple that came from Dick Van Well of Van 

 Well Nursery. We planted and cropped the same 



trees in 1992, so the October 13 harvest date may not 

 be the correct harvest date, since trees were fhiiting 

 in their first leaf. It is a very attractive red apple that 

 resembles Mcintosh. It has white flesh and tastes 

 similar to Mcintosh but it is crisper and has courser 

 flesh and better flavor. We were quite impressed 

 with our first look at this apple. 



Fiesta (**i). This is our second year looking at 

 Fiesta. In both years, it showed severe preharvest 

 drop. It is dull in color and quite unattractive. 

 Although it is fairly large and we rated flavor quite 

 high, we do not think it has what it takes to make it 

 here. It is an OK apple, but certainly not very 

 exciting. 



Fiorina {**) is a late-maturing, disease-resistant 

 apple that is both attractive and has good taste. The 

 flavor is very mild. The flesh is whitish-yellow and 

 very crisp. It tastes sweet with a low acid level. This 

 apple certainly deserves fiirther evaluation. 



Freyburg (♦*) is an elongated yellow apple that 

 resembles Delicious in shape. The flesh is white and 

 it seems dry. It is very sweet with a strong fi-uity 

 flavor. The strong flavor may turn some people off. 



Gingergold (***) is one of the most attractive apples 

 that we grow, regardless of the season. When ripe it 

 is a beautiful yellow green that completely lacks 

 russet or surface blemishes. It is the best early 

 Golden Delicious type that we know of. It is firm 

 crisp, but the apple flavor is not strong. September 

 1 was too early to harvest this apple, and finiit 

 harvested on September 8 were yellow but still 

 starchy. Fruit harvested on September 14 were still 

 very crisp and the seeds were still white. The proper 

 time of harvest of this may be later than the sug- 

 gested time. Regardless of time of harvest, this is an 

 excellent apple that has a future. 



Hawaii (**). This is the first year we finiited 

 Hawaii. It is a somewhat attractive yellow apple 

 that resembles a Golden Delicious without the rus- 

 set. It has a red cheek like Goldens get in the 

 Northeast. It is fairly sweet, has low acidity and good 

 flavor, with a strong banana taste. It bruises easily. 

 It probably will no replace Golden Delicious. 



Himekami {*) is a very attractive apple that looks 

 like a cherry-red Delicious ripening during the first 

 week in September. We rated flavor and overall 

 desirability quite low. The appearance of this apple 

 is much better than its taste. We are not enthusiastic 

 about Himekami. 



Hokuto (Norihem Star) (**). The brownish red. 



Fruit Notes, Spring, 1993 



