BOURASSA

This is a high quality, fall, dessert apple with a rich, spicy flavor. The fruit is elongated-conic in shape, russeted, and often has a reddish blush. The old tree was discovered in Dennysville, ME (Washington County) by Regina Grabrovac. Although we have no reference apple to compare it to, we are reasonably certain that the ID is correct. DNA shows it to be a cross of two of Maine’s oldest cultivars: UF 13 x  GR 2. UF 13 is the famous, long-lost (but recently discovered) Drap d’or de Bretagne. GR2 is the as-yet unidentified Golden Russet-type historically grown throughout coastal Maine. Drap D’or de Bretagne is in the ancestry of many historic US cultivars. GR2 has been found in several mid-coast locations, and it is the parent of at least one other very old Maine cultivar. Scionwood from the Dennysville tree.