and quite good if not quite different color. It is a highly 

 striped apple with about 80% of the surface a dark 

 reddish brown color. It is a very grower-friendly tree. 

 This tastes like a very good Delicious but the taste is 

 very mild. While I never hope that is will be sold as 

 Delicious, I think that it will appeal to people who 

 actually do have taste for it but are attached to the 

 unfortunate versions of Delicious available today. I 

 am high on this apple and think that it will sell here in 

 the East. It does have biennial bearing tendencies. 



COOP 25 (Scarlet O 'Hara) 



This IS a medium sized brownish red apple that I 

 have liked for two years. It can be picked, and actually 

 tastes very similar when harvested over a 4-week 

 period from late September to late October. It is one 

 of the crispest and best storing apples I evaluate. It 

 stores better than Fuji or Braebum but not quite as well 

 as HoneyCrisp. It has a mild, fruity, vanilla flavor with 

 a good sugar to acid ratio. I would plant this even if it 

 were not a scab resistant apple. Anyone who is looking 

 for a versatile scab resistant apple should be looking at 

 this. It is very susceptible to fire blight so areas where 

 this is a problem should proceed very carefully. 



were sent to me by Stark from the Delbard Nursery in 

 France that fruited for the first time this year. It has an 

 80% dark maroon surface and looks like a Delicious. 

 Harvest date was on August 24, just about with Ginger 

 Gold. It has a distinctive sweet perfumy flavor. It is 

 quite crisp and veryjuicy but the skin in tough. I rated 

 it quite high and noted that it was a very good apple. 



Delgorov 



This is an extremely attractive bright orange-red 

 apple that is about 80% red striped. It is medium small, 

 fairly crisp, juicy, but the flesh seems somewhat dry. I 

 noted that it was a fairly good apple with a good sugar 

 to acid ratio. Harvest is 2 weeks before Gala. 



Deljoron 



The color of this apple is almost 100% dark 

 burgundy red. It in many ways reminds me of an 

 Empire in appearance and taste. The flesh is white 

 with a tinge of green. The skin is smooth somewhat 

 tough, with many tan lenticels. It ripens about with 

 Delicious. I was favorably enough impressed with it at 

 harvest to note that I should continue to look at it. 



COOP 37 



Delorina 



I have looked at this cultivar for three years now. It 

 is very similar to GoldRush in appearance and time of 

 ripening. It is somewhat attractive with a 20 to 30% 

 orange cheek. It has a strong vanilla taste, veryjuicy, 

 and medium in size. I rate it good but not exceptional, 

 although my tasting notes include the comment 'look 

 at again'. 



Creston 



This was a difficult year for apples that are not 

 highly colored because of the heat. Creston suffered, 

 and consequently it was not very attractive. However, 

 compared with other apples evaluated it was one of the 

 crispest and juiciest. It was also rated very high in 

 flavor, and overall as being very desirable. It was also 

 large. We should continue to evaluate this apple. 



Dalrouval 



This is one of the several selections of apples that 



A small dark cherry red apple ripening with and 

 looking somewhat like Delicious. It has yellow flesh 

 with yellow flecks, slightly sweet, moderate acidity, 

 and IS somewhat crisp and juicy. Flavor is tangy and 

 slightly fruity. I rated it fairly high. 



Delshel 



This is a an extremely dark red, medium to small 

 apple that is 



Gala-like in appearance. It has scarf skin and reminds 

 me to a very large extent of Buckeye Gala. It has 

 prominent tan lenticels and a pleasant fruity taste. It 

 ripens about two weeks before Gala. I rated this quite 

 high. 



Enterprise 



The quality of this apple improved immensely this 

 year. It was near the bottom of the list last year. While 

 not on the top, it did move up quite a bit. What is the 



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Fruit Notes, Volume 67, Spring, 2002 



