Bittersweet · 2 trees planted · confidence high
An old Normandy full bittersweet, small to medium and conic, yellow with a pink blush. WSU Mount Vernon measures 0.34% tannin, 0.32% malic acid, pH 4.10, SG 1.056, 14.0 Brix and 216 mL/lb juice yield - among the more tannic bittersweets in the collection and a genuine standalone cider apple, though it is not yet sensory-evaluated. It ties for the earliest bloom date in the entire WSU collection (4/19, with Golden Russet and Hewes Crab), which is the single most important planting consideration for it.
Disease: No specific susceptibilities documented; thin-skinned, soft-fleshed fruit bruises easily and stores poorly. WSU recorded no productivity rating.
Discrepancies: Acidity: nursery descriptions call it sweet with only marginal tartness, but WSU measures 0.32% malic - at the top of the bittersweet band and noticeably sharper than Michelin (0.27%) or Sweet Coppin (0.20%). Recommend low for band consistency (<0.45%) while noting the nursery framing understates it. Bloom: no nursery source flags the frost exposure; WSU's 4/19 date is the earliest in a 40-day range, so bloom group 1 is well supported and is a real spring-frost risk in Port Angeles.