Dear reader: If you have discovered a new apple, please record it here along with as much info that you have about it. If you have more details about varieties already listed, please add that, too. There is a second page to this sheet with some naming suggestions for naming…
—Jack Kertesz, Fall 2020 1 Sketchy notes for a sketchy little confused crab apple, on an unintentional fruit finding foray. Considerable coddling moth damage on these, I found only a few unblemished. How do you record your finds? 2 Below is another Bangor crab apple blowout. These apples were abundant…
—October, 2020 Two new seedling finds at a Motel 6 in Bangor. Both raised by crabs that were neglected. Extremely tangled base of red variety leaves me questioning how these things can survive. Flavor is pretty sweet, some water core and coddling moth damage but nothing that I wouldn’t appreciate…
…and the “Intrastate” Connections That Have Kept It Alive —by Jack Kertesz, November 2020 This is not a story of the discovery of some ancient apple variety, nor is it the story of one that will alter the course of future plant breeding. It is the story of a chance…
