Wolf River Apple USDA Zone_4 The Red Clapp's Favorite pear

The Red Clapp's Favorite pear tree was discovered in the 1950s as a "sport" which produced a branch of red pears on a green Clapp's Favorite pear tree in a Missouri orchard

Fruits best if only lightly pruned

The skin of the Dapple Dandy Pluot is typically green with red or purple speckles

and some sprouts were taken from it by Roswell Humphrey

Wolf River Apple USDA Zone_4 The Red Clapp's Favorite pearUSDA Certified Organic Wolf River apple tree originated on the farm of W. A. Springer in Wolf River, WI in 1875. The Wolf River apples are enormous fruits, often 1 lb. or more, famous for one pie from one fruit. Similar to the Alexander, but a bit larger and rounder. Wolf River apples have pale yellow skin almost covered with pale dull red. Soft, tender, creamy white flesh. Mostly used for baking and pies, but in the right climate on sandy soil it