avalon

Avalon is a Duchess of Oldenburg seedling planted at Super Chilly Farm in about 2005. It first fruited in 2015. The fruit is similar in appearance to Duchess though less oblate and slightly smaller. It ripens two-three weeks after Duchess (about September 15 in central Maine) over a period of about three weeks. We cook with them as they drop; they’re excellent in pies and sauce. The fruit keeps remarkably well for a summer apple - until mid-October. The original tree mysteriously died back to the ground in 2020 but recovered in 2021, re-sprouting from the roots. Probably hardy to zone 3. Currently growing at Super Chilly Farm.