Bows I grow about 40 on B9 in my commercial orchard and have another 6 or so on B118 for deer. They are great for deer imo. Pretty easy to grow, precocious, bear yearly and hang real well due to their long stems. Mine mature around September 25-28, but hang much later. They do need some training of branches and tend to fork at the ends which require regular pruning, but otherwise the branches are a snap to train. Very easy to manipulate and are not brittle. They usually grow a lot of branches, which is good and bad imo. Good in that you will have branches where you wnt them, but bad in that you will have to prune out a lot on younger trees to get good light distribution. They do require a lot of thinning.
It's a sweet crisp apple to eat. Very much like its parent Gala. It's just later maturing w/ a slightly tougher skin and holds its flavor which makes it a good keeper. I sell a lot in October to people that want an apple for fresh eating later through early winter. It's a little to crisp for baking though. Small to medium in size.