Jazz apples

kert says...
I accepted the critique of "modern" apples and have grown 8 heritage vaieties. Sadly they are not nearly as good as say Glden Deicious , Pink Lady, or Jonathan. Doubtless someone will spring to their defence and ,if so, can thay name names and indicate if their experience is first hand.

kert says...
Roughly 15. My main aim was to have apples on hand as late as possible when v.little else was available . The upshot is that there are only two true late,late apples viz Lady Williams and Lady Williams.

kert says...
I imagine you're right,Brad. Heritage varieties were often local specialities and keeping qualities were high on the list of desirable attributes. We favour crunch,sweetness and eye appeal more than they did.

Jazz Apple Tree Wanted says...
Hi, can I buy one of your Jazz apple trees that youve grown from seed...I soooo want to have one in my backyard..they are my favourite apple tree

chillilover says...
That's very generous of you ch0p. I am growing a pink lady apple apparently but i don't have high hopes. I know i am getting nowhere close to the real thing but it's fun seeing it grow.

uncle_roy says...
Hi Kim aka ch0p do you still have those jazz trees how are they going and can you still get seeds or small trees?

Adrianus says...
And here is a picture (if the browse function works).

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Manfred says...
That's simply not right Bern.

The reason there are over 4000 named varieties of apple is that people grew seedlings in the past, liked the fruit and kept growing it. I have tasted dozens of roadside apples and the only one that ever stood out for taste was one which had no acidity or tannin in the fruit. I picked it a bit early and it was like biting into a potato. After fully ripening, with the amylase reaction turning the starch to sugar it would be a characterless sweet blob, like a sugar ice-block.

All the others tasted like apples, though some had more tannin than popular varieties might. I have never seen a mature roadside apple tree which doesn't fruit.

Fruit is fundamental to plants. The chance of getting an apple tree which doesn't fruit is like the likelihood of getting a baby without ears. It could happen, but don't plan on it.

However, you are right that a seedling probably won't be the same as its parent. Just like a baby. Possibly very similar though.

Markmelb says...
Apple autumn colours can be quite pretty and even in my garden have taken till now to lose all their leaves.
The Pinkabelle dwarf in a pot is a great value plant as has alot of great fruit and never needs pruning either plus leaves go a lovely purple than standard yellow.

Brian. says...
Wow, that's gorgeous! I always dreamed that someone somewhere would develop a fruit tree that had magnificent Autumn foliage. Imagine it ... blossoms in Spring, fruit in Summer, and gorgeous foliage in Autumn. Hope my Jazz apple looks like that.