General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: |
Tree
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Water Preferences: |
Mesic
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Leaves: |
Deciduous
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Fruit: |
Edible to birds
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Flowers: |
Showy
Fragrant
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Flower Time: |
Spring
Late spring or early summer
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Uses: |
Flowering Tree
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Edible Parts: |
Fruit
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Dynamic Accumulator: |
K (Potassium)
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Wildlife Attractant: |
Bees
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Pollinators: |
Various insects
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Parentage: |
Golden Delicious x Cox's Orange Pippin |
Child plants: |
2 child plants |
Posted by
daylily (Ohio - Zone 6a) on Oct 15, 2014 9:38 PM concerning plant:
I am fortunate that the orchard where I buy these apples grows a large variety of apples. I have tried most of them and Rubinette is my clear favorite for eating fresh. I also make pie and sauce from them. It is hard for me to describe the flavor, but it's the best apple I have ever eaten. It keeps well in the refrigerator and I buy several bags when they become available so that I can enjoy them through the fall. I often eat slices of apple with a bit of peanut butter on them, but Rubinette never needs anything on it. It's wonderful all on its own. I don't think it would win any beauty contests, being a smaller apple, and sort of a muddy greenish color with red blush, but I don't care how it looks! A couple of years back, I made Apple Pie Jam from Rubinette apples and it was better than the batch I made from Honeycrisp.
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