Medium-large green apple. Juicy, tender flesh, honeyed sweetness.
USDA identification images for Sweet Bough
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Visitor reviews
- 05 Nov 2017 MASSACHUSETTS, United StatesIt is sweet and early but has a poor mouth feel. I would not plant it again. It grows very well on M26, and seems to be desease free in my low spray orchard. The apples, when thinned, are large, attractive, and yellow with an orange blush when ripe. It responds, better than average, to a Seven (TM) thinning spray. IMO, it is of little use, except as a parent in an apple breeding program.
- 30 Aug 2015 NOVA SCOTIA, CanadaI have 2 trees of this, and am working both over to far superior, (taste, texture) apples - Mantet and William's Pride, (both early apples). This apple is sweet and juicy - period. It is tasteless, mealy, soft, with no real redeeming features.
Tree register
United States
- Arthur Pitt in Finlayson, MN/PINE
- Gina Colver in EPHRATA, WASHINGTON
- Paul Gerrish in Newbury, MA
- Roger Miller in Madison Heights, VA
- Stephen Sain in Los Lunas, NEW MEXICO
Canada
- Erik Nordenson in Cobourg, ONTARIO
- Nancy Wilson in Peterborough, ONTARIO ,
Harvest records for this variety
2015 season
- July 2015 - tree owned by Roger in Madison Heights, United States
Origins
- Species: Malus domestica - Apple
Where to buy fresh fruit
The following orchards grow Sweet Bough:
United States
Michigan
- Christmas Cove Farm, Northport *** Feature Orchard ***
Canada
British Columbia
- Salt Spring Apple Company, Salt Spring Island