Another unique and delicious find! This small, slightly crisp apple has a distinct sweet creamy vanilla flavor! It reminded us all of vanilla ice cream, and we decided quickly to propagate it. Since it is a new find we don't have all the details, but it was ripe Early September at 4500' and would probably ripen a bit earlier than that at a lower elevation and in full sun. It is certainly old but we are not sure if it is a gold rush planted tree or a seedling. The tree itself has grown very tall and skinny due to close competition amongst all the other trees around it.

This tree was found in Forest City, CA at 4500' where we have been introduced to a plethora of unique apple varieties dating to the Gold Rush. Every year Forest City has a small Apple Festival in October, and the town fires up the giant old Steam Powered Stamp Mill that was used to crush large rocks into finer pieces in order to pick out the gold. Apples love this this high elevation with high chill-hours.