Here in the U.K. it was Golden Delicious that was the really popular variety, but those went the same way.
As it happens, I’ve got a small apple tree that my parents bought years ago, I’ve no idea where from, or even the variety, any label vanished a long time past. It initially produced wonderful apples, incredibly juicy, very firm with a hugely satisfying crunch when you bit into them, sweet but with a slight tartness, the skin was pale green with a red tint and some striping.
Anyway, it was in a small pot, and over time it produced fewer and fewer flowers and apples, so my late step-dad yanked it out of the pot and plonked it into a small hole under my big silver birch, which did it no favours at all.
Several years ago I dug it up again, cleared the root ball, and tried it in a bigger hole with compost, but it still struggled and the leaves turned yellow, possibly due to the nature of the soil, so I bought a big pot and tried again. It’s now put on a massive amount of new leaf, flowered, and produced five apples, three of which are huge, and ripening off really well, and I can’t wait to try the first one for probably fifteen-twenty years, I just hope it matches my memory!
I’d love to know the variety, if it produces more next year, then I’ll send one to the apple experts to see if it can be identified.
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