Giant, Huge, Big, Crunchy, Sweet, Delicious, Early.

Pinkish Red Apples with Large Flavorful Crisp White flesh and a perfect sweet / tart balance. They have fun asymmetrical and lumpy shapes with wide and deep cavities. They seem to produce consistency each year with an occasional lighter bearing year. Ripens late August and early September at 2400' They seem to stay pretty crunchy for at least a couple weeks on the counter and few more in storage. For an early apple, it is quite crunchy and flavorful and doesn't get mealy quick like most.

North San Juan is a quaint agricultural community where the Felix Gillet Institute's home base is located. There are remnants of large hydraulic mining operations all over the area. The Trees, Homesteads and Orchards that fed the gold mining settlers are still scattered throughout the mountains, and every year we uncover more distinct lost varieties of these heritage fruits, nuts and ornamentals.