Description: Blacktwig AKA Mammoth Blacktwig: Vigorous, disease resistant and an excellent keeping quality makes Black Twig a great choice for the home orchard. This multi-purpose apple requires storage before it reaches its maximum flavor.
Uses: Fresh Eating, Cider, Wildlife
Flavor: Sweet / Acidic Tannic
Fruit Size: Meduim – Large
Flowering period:
Ploidy: Possible Triploid
Vigor: High
Ripens: September – October
Chill Hours:
Keeps: 6 Months+
Scab:
Fireblight:
Cedar Apple Rust:
Image Courtesy of: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705
