Yummy Yellow Apple, Firm and crisp, Good Sweet/Tart Balance, Dryish. Good for Eatin, Bakin' and Saucin'

Most likely the famous heirloom Dr. Harvey. This beautiful yellow apple with russet dots, originated around 1629 England and is one of FGI's favorite yellow apples. We consider it to be a great homestead apple. It is great fresh eating apple and considered to be one of the finest English baking apples. It is crisp and flavorful right from the tree. The tree is abundant with fruit and needs other pollinators around.

We can well imagine Dr Harvey prescribing these apples with, "An apple day keeps the doctor away!"

This tree is the only Dr. Harvey found in an extensive gold rush orchard planted around the turn of the 20th Century in Dutch Flat, CA. The healthy trees still stand tall and fruitful after over 100 years of production with little to no human care. A true testament to the Mineral Rich Soil, Hardy Seedling Rootstock, and smart planting by the pioneers (including the Chinese) who knew where to plant and took good care of them as they got established. Some of the largest orchard trees we find have been tended by Mother Nature, who, over the years, has supplied underground water sources.