Cabot Russet- The best one i have ever found - fully russeted, occasional knobs, aromatic-pear-like, crisp clean white flesh and no sign of any disease. The 50-100 year old tree has fabulous natural form. It is naturally a spreading, low-rounded tree. It has never been pruned, but the branching is well organized and amazingly orderly. It has big spurs, stout branches and bears every year. The grafted offspring follow the parent form strongly, a hard plant to grow into a whip, it just wants to be branched. Vigorous. A really nice plant. The tree is growing on the roadside in Cabot VT. I have found more interesting apples in Cabot than anywhere else in VT. She bears later in the season, the tree holds fruit until the end of November. Stores well for a month or 6 weeks in the root cellar, then shrivels without going to rot.  

Cabot Russet Pippin- this seedling was growing in the hedgerow right behind the mother tree. It is obviously a seedling, and has wild dwarfish spreading form. Still waiting for fruit, but the tree is cool enough to offer..

Hartland Russet- From Hartland Vermont, famous locally as a great wild russet apple

Cinnamon Girl- The second best apple i ever found! This apple clearly tastes of cinnamon. I have never tasted anything similar. The tree is in Plainfield VT. This poor tree is too close to the edge of the dirt road and under the power line. As a result it has been hit by the plow trucks repeatedly, hacked back terribly by the power line crew, and generally abused.  It is a vigorous grower, but seems to grow very upright. Early, it ripens after just yellow transparent, and has a similar texture, a little crisper. Second pic with seven apples and pen.

Berlin Green- This 50 year old plant is on my farm, almost. My neighbor Ray moved onto this farm with his family when he was 10, his parents sold him a 5 acres corner of the farm. This tree grows in the remnant hedgerow of the old road on Rays side of our line. It is much like Granny Smith and Rhode Island Greening. Mid season, the whole tree drops in 2 weeks. A deer favorite, it's the first one with every drop eaten, not one on the ground remaining. I know because when i go to collect drops for cider making they are gone.

Lorrie Lane-  This is another Cabot apple. It is big for an apple tree. It also appears to bear every year.  Because of its location on the corner of two roads,  it has a reasonable chance of being a grafted tree, but no sign of any graft scar. A great multi purpose apple. keeps for a month or two.  Looks like it has not been pruned ever, big tall tree , but nice branching and form. A favorite of my kids.  Pic of tree with red apples on it. Apple in last pic.

Amy’s Pink Flesh- Not technically wild, this one is on my friends Amy and Joseph’s farm in East Montpelier,, it’s a huge old tree in an ancient cider orchard, The flesh is lovely, crisp and sweet, with a wonderful pink blush. As Amy says “these apples make the prettiest applesauce”

Kyle’s Magic Maniac- I have never tasted an apple like this..This one grows wild inside another apple tree in Worcester VT. I can convince Kyle to cut down the other tree, ‘cause it’s a pretty good eating apple.. KMM goes from sweet when you bite it, to sour, to astringent at the end,,a wild taste bud ride.. A pink fleshed crab, vigorous grower. When ripe al the fruits will shake free of the tree.

Westman Road-Crazy Pointallism colors,,,A really beautiful apple with a taste to match, crisp but not crunchy, sweet but not candy. This one does not keep for long, a real treat off the tree.

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