This apple was a big hit at our GreenShare Day taste test in September 98. Freedom trees are very vigorous and require considerable pruning to maintain a productive tree shape. Stores well for limited time. Ripens late October. Flesh is cream colored and crisp.
Flavor is spicey and aromatic.
Fruit hangs well on the tree. Its flavor peaks after 3-4 weeks in refrigerated storage and keeps for 6 months. Blooms late mid-season. All apple trees are susceptible to summer diseases called fly speck and sooty blotch. These diseases discolor only the surface of the apple, though they can be quite unsightly.