Gene said, “I had picked the fruit for a couple of years and was always annoyed by a myrtle patch that hid the drops. I was clearing it away when I found the headstone bearing the names of Rusty and Knickers…two cats both who moused and frolicked and died and were buried beneath the tree.”
Knobby green fruit with red and yellow streaks ripens mid to late October. Yellow flesh is juicy and fragrant with mild acidity. Whaleback has made a fine single-varietal Rusty Knickers fermented cider. On trial in MOFGA’s no-spray South Orchard. Z4.
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