CrazyEd
5 year old buck +
I ate my first Sweet 16 apple today. 3rd leaf on G30 in my backyard. The tree produced 3 apples this year, pretty good all of 2.5". I have seen some light CAR on the leaves of this tree, but nothing on the fruit. Tree has been pretty vigorous with upward growth. I remember I bought a few sweet 16 apples from a local orchard 2-3 years ago and i was not impressed, but after tasting today I think they sat around to long or something, i remember them being very mealy. The fruit I ate today though was pretty darn good. Quite hard, and as the name implies sweet. The flavor was interesting, you bite in and get some flavor, but then a little into the bite you get this twist of sweetness or something. I don't know but i liked it. Not the best ever but interesting flavor.
Fruit Nut and Berry Inventory says the following.
MN447 x Northern Spy. Red-Striped, conic fruit up to 3 inches. Aromiatic, oderately acid, firm, crisp, cream-colored flesh with high sugar content. Unique, pleasing, faintly nutty flavor. Rates high as a pie and sauce apple. Also an exclelent dessert apple. Handles and stores well. Late blooming tree with moderately spreading, vigorous habit. dependable, annual bearer. somewhat resistant to scab and fire blight. can withstand -50 degrees with occasional winter injury. Zones 3-8. Developed at U of MINN 1978.
here is what the tree looked like in feb.
Fruit Nut and Berry Inventory says the following.
MN447 x Northern Spy. Red-Striped, conic fruit up to 3 inches. Aromiatic, oderately acid, firm, crisp, cream-colored flesh with high sugar content. Unique, pleasing, faintly nutty flavor. Rates high as a pie and sauce apple. Also an exclelent dessert apple. Handles and stores well. Late blooming tree with moderately spreading, vigorous habit. dependable, annual bearer. somewhat resistant to scab and fire blight. can withstand -50 degrees with occasional winter injury. Zones 3-8. Developed at U of MINN 1978.
here is what the tree looked like in feb.