The Willow apple is an early, very large, beautiful Apple. The fruit is sweet and strongly tart, similar to a Granny Smith, but better. Great to eat fresh, in pie or juiced. The crisp white flesh is crunchy, juicy and filling. It's yellow skin has strong, red striping, with a very strong and heavy russet surrounding and radiating from the cavity. The tart flavor mellows after 1 week in storage and becomes a bit more sweet. The Willow is a short keeper, gets mushy after two weeks but still makes good juice. The tree has been a consistent heavy bearer with no human care. Likely needs other varieties of apples for complete pollination. Ripens in August at 2500’.

The grandmother tree was one of 4 left standing in a dry farmed meadow outside of Nevada City, Nevada County, CA. Sadly, the trees were bull dozed this year to make room for development. We all cried to discover them fallen. Felix’s nursery was located in this historic mining town, less than 2 miles from the trees were. Nevada City was a bustling place in the late 1800s, the Queen of the Northern Mines, once the capitol of the Terriory of Nevada, with much agriculture to feed the miners. Felix grew many of the trees still thriving in and around Nevada City.