Cull de Sack

Cull de Sack was introduced to me by Sandy Nickerson who discovered the bushy plant growing in the front yard of her recently built home in Cumberland, ME. The apple is most likely a seedling, but it could possibly be a re-sprouted graft or a rootstock re-sprouted from the ground. It would probably grow itself into a tree if pruned.

The medium-sized, tart, all-purpose apple is one of our best finds in recent years. The fruit is beautiful and multi-colored, resembling Golden Ball, Wealthy, and Fameuse. Some are definitely red while others are nearly all yellow with a few wispy red stripes and a russet splash around the stem.

The fruit has an unusual flavor that is dense and crisp, slightly acidic and crunchy. It makes a distinctively tasty sauce well into May. In 2018—a bad year for a lot of apples—the SG was 1.061. It ripens very late and holds onto the tree. Not growing at Super Chilly Farm, but it should be.