Origin: 1900’s Illinois
Description: An old strain of Jonathan said to be superior to others of the same variety. Brought to us for propagation by a customer who named it after his dad, Darwin Clupper. “He was a navy chaplain and a minister. The tree was a big standard in our back yard in Jacksonville Illinois during my childhood…we made enormous amounts of cider..about 25 feet high and a foot plus across trunk. I got the cutting around 1980 just before it died….I figured it had to be planted near the turn of the century”
Uses: Fresh Eating, Cider
Flavor: Sweet Sharp
Fruit Size: Medium
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Vigor: Meduim- Higher
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Keeps: 6mo
Scab: Susceptible
Fireblight: Very Susceptible
Cedar Apple Rust: Susceptible