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- Wickson Crab Apple (Sold by the pound)
Wickson Crab Apple (Sold by the pound)
Having a bright saturated red blush, the fruit is round or slightly elongated shape, with a long stem. Its skin is glossy and the small fruit is firm. Wickson has coarse light-yellow flesh that is juicy and wonderfully crisp. It is well-balanced with tartness predominating, but tempered by sugar, and with distinct malt-sugar notes. The firm flesh is juicy and very sweet, with sugar content up to 25%, which gives it the extraordinary sweet taste. This apple is a great, complimentary source of acid. It’s very concentrated, allowing less to be used so the intensity of the main bittersweet or aromatic character is retained. Some have described the flavor as intense with a spicy peach-apple taste. The fruit will range in size from one to two inches in diameter. Cider from the Wickson is typically used to blend with other blander apple varieties to perk-up the hard cider. Wickson ripens in September.