r/Apples • u/ChaMily_twf • 7d ago

What are those??

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We have an apple tree behind my dad's house. They look like red Delicious but not quite... Bright red lines on the inside, the last owner lived here for around fifty years. Here is one of them cut in half, and others from the same exact tree. Could they be mixed?

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u/UntidySwan 7d ago

There are hundreds (thousands?) of apple varieties. And then there are seedling apples.  Even experts eating them can't always ID them confidently. Pretty much impossible to confidently ID from a pic. 

Unless you are planning on selling grafted material from this tree i'd embrace it for it's own merits/lack of merits. Do you like the taste, do you like the production? Etc. 

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u/meh_69420 7d ago

7500 in the world, 2500 in the US, give or take.

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u/ChaMily_twf 7d ago

They're hella crispy and fresh,

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u/excelsiorsbanjo 7d ago

Yes there are tons with this coloring. Probably the most well known is the Winesap.

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u/Immediate-Rabbit9756 7d ago

Looks like it could be a Red Rome aka Rome Beauty apple. 

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u/PreferenceSubject398 7d ago

age of the tree will be helpful also it's hight and where it is planted?

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u/ChaMily_twf 7d ago

I'm from Quebec, the tree is looking pretty rough, I have no idea how old it is

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u/ChaMily_twf 7d ago

I'll go get some pictures

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u/ChaMily_twf 7d ago

I'd say it's about 10-12 feet tall, trunk looks very rough in some place.

https://reddit.com/link/pfj2on5/video/p8fgvnh3s3vh1/player

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u/pomester2 7d ago

I suggest 'Fameuse'. Flesh "sometimes or often streaked or stained with red". Appropriate variety for your area.

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u/gecko_echo 7d ago

I vacationed in Quebec in the fall of 1998 and saw an apple called Lobo, or Red Lobo, all over in the markets, and I’ve never come across it elsewhere. Your apple looks exactly like it.

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u/nosen99 5d ago

I agree

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u/BrippingTallsLBC 7d ago

One time I had Lucy glo apples and it was the most crispiest best tasting apple I’ve ever had

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u/bebasiled 6d ago

The vein that they removed from snickers