norton greening

An un-named seedling apple was planted (or first discovered) at the Norton “old farmhouse” in Harpswell, ME on or about the day of the birth of Hannah Dring (nee Norton) in about 1931. Roberto McIntyre took me to the tree for the first time in the early 2000’s, and I topworked it into our orchard shortly thereafter. “Norton Greening” seemed like the perfect name.

Norton Greening is a large, green, mid-fall, cooking apple. By November the fruit turns a beautiful yellow with a faint blush. We’ve been growing it since 2010 with great success. It is a wonderful apple. We use them up by mid-November, however, as they don’t keep.

The original tree has died, but we’ve grafted a number of trees from our wood and have reintroduced it to Harpswell.  What goes around, comes around! Scionwood is from the original tree.