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Farmington ME, 19th c. Also called Fameuse West or Snow West. Sport
of Fameuse with longer keeping quality. Mentioned in George Stilphen's
book, The Apples of Maine, and found in the New Portland area by noted
orchardist and fruit explorer Howard Wulf. Most of its characteristics
are similar to Fameuse. Excellent eating, sauce and cider apple. Medium-sized
roundish deep bright red with thin skin but different in that it often
has an obvious suture line like Tolman Sweet. Snow-white flesh is
sometimes stained red. Tender aromatic juicy sweet and tart; delicious
eating. Also, unlike Fameuse, it keeps well into winter. Upright-spreading
rather vigorous moderately tall very productive long-lived tree with
dark reddish bark. Like Fameuse, susceptible to scab. Blooms early. |
