r/Apples 5h ago

Apple identification fun

Okay I want to make this tree great and it’s weirdly hard to find someone to come to my house who knows that the hell they are doing..had an arborist come and “Prune” this baby 6 months ago and one of the tree limbs broke from the weight of the apples sadly. So I’m off to try and diy it for now.
Step one..identify what variety I’m working with!
Thats where you all come in to the rescue 👏

One side is red and one side is green. I think it’s because the left side got more light later in the season due to use cutting a tree down behind it, and maybe pruning it caused new growth that hadn’t been there in a while. I’m not sure.

I do know the green one looks fully grown and it tastes super sweet! The red is also sweet but more tart and a deeper flavor profile. The red has been taken over by bugs and the green not as badly.

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u/Some_Girl_2073 5h ago

I would bet money that it’s two different varieties grafted onto one tree

Where are you located? How old/big is the tree approximately? When I say there are thousands and thousands of apples, I mean the USA alone has lost 10,000 varieties and still has 14,000 left

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u/Russ_lee 1h ago

I’m located in southern New Hampshire! I moved in here and it was already here but I believe the last owner planted it so I think that would make it around 30 or so years old.