Sweet Bough apple

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 States

  It 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, Canada

  I 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.

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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