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Summer Limbertwig
type: Cider, Eating, Jelly
synonyms: Weeping Limbertwig
summary: This is the earliest ripening of the 50 or so limbertwig apple trees currently on record.
identification: Medium size, round to round-flattened. The base colour is pale gold blushed pink and marked with red stripes. Some scattered patches of russet and russet lenticels which are indented. Thick skinned. The calyx is wide and open, set in a shallow basin. The stem is short, set in a deep and narrow cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured, fine-grained, tender and juicy. Musky and spicy when allowed to ripen completely. Aromatic.
uses: Fresh eating, baking and cider. Makes a wonderful jelly with the characteristic limbertwig flavours.
origins: First described by Dr. John Warder in his 1867 edition of American Pomology but may have been listed in a nursery catalogue as early as 1855. Originated in the South Westbrooke area of Greensboro, North Carolina (U.S.A.). Believed to be an open-pollinated seedling of American Limbertwig .
cultivation: Moderately vigorous with weeping branches, though sturdier than most other limbertwigs. Bears annually.
vulnerabilities: Prone to scab.
harvest: Ready for harvest late in the third period. It is the earliest ripening of the limbertwigs.
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
harvest period: 3
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