Apple variety Baker's Delicious
If anyone is bored by me posting all these videos of individual apple varieties, no offense, just look away! but it took me years and much effort and expense to gain the knowledge I now have, and since soeone took the trouble to invent the internet and youtube, I may as well pass the knowledge on. Even if there are only 5 or 6 other people round the world with internet access who would like the information, here it is for your benefit. I have about another 30 varieties to go.
Bakers Delicious is rare, all the information I have about it is in the book which I feature in the video. It is a well flavoured, good looking and crisp apple, ripe (for us) in mid August. Our farmer's market customers favoured it in tastings over Irish Peach and Laxton's Epicure yesterday, which means I will be increasing production, I will probably top work over 4 Bramleys to this variety. We only have one tree of the variety which is grfted on to a Bramley.
We bought the original 10 years ago from a small nursery run single handed by an elderly gentleman, it is not mentioned in most of my books and most people have never heard of it. I suspect this apple variety is nearer to extinction than most, with the specimens on the national fruit collections plus an unknown number in private gardens, mostly unlabelled.
Ths is why I say DON'T try to raise a new apple variety from a pip. The chances of getting an apple as good as Baker's Delicious (which is on the endagered list if any apple is) are slim. Why not rather help preserve a heritage variety of known value?