Black Limbertwig
Also known as: Old Fashioned Limbertwig, Old Fashion Limbertwig
Dessert
Southern US heritage apple of the large Limbertwig family (named for its weeping, "limber twig" growth habit), with a characteristic musky-spicy aroma. A multipurpose winter keeper used fresh, for apple butter and pies, and for cider; yellow juicy flesh, sweet with a smoky-spicy tang, ripening Sept–Oct and storing well. Origin accounts differ: the Slow Food Ark of Taste traces it to middle Tennessee (nurseryman J. D. Killian of Tarlton distributed scion wood by 1886), while Southern-apple authorities (Lee Calhoun; Big Horse Creek Farm) treat "Black Limbertwig" as the very old "Old Fashioned Limbertwig" of north Georgia (late 1700s–early 1800s).
Flavor & Texture
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