This attractive August apple was found nestled in a 100+ year old Bartlett pear orchard. This beautiful yellow apple is blushed, splashed and striped with multiple shades of red and dotted with small russeted lenticels. It's crisp white flesh has a pleasant, sweet-tart balance and reminds us of berry flavored candy. The mother tree may be a shy bearer, but she is by herself and will likely produce bigger crops with additional pollinators planted nearby.

The grandmother tree is located in Dutch Flat, Placer County at 3200'. It is the only apple smack dab in the middle of a large Bartlett pear orchard. Almost all of the neighbors still have Bartlett trees on their properties because a single family once owned the entire area in the late 1800s and planted the orchard all in Bartletts. They were able to ship the pears across the country on the newly-built, transcontinental railroad which was constructed within a mile of this property.