delong red

Delong Red is a bittersweet seedling with cider potential, one of the wild apples selected as part of the Shacksbury Cider ‘Lost Apple Project’ by David Dolginow, Colin Davis, Michael Lee and others in the Middlebury, VT area. The tree they named Delong Red was discovered on the edge of a field off the Delong Road in Cornwall. The moderately juicy, red-skinned fruit ripens in mid-October and makes a full bittersweet, somewhat spicy cider. Cammy and I visited them all in the fall of 2015 and asked that they send us one of their favorites. Michael Lee sent us this one. It’s doing quite well in the orchard though it hasn’t yet produced a usable crop. Currently growing at Super Chilly Farm.