NOTES
Wed, May 21, 2014
I went next door yesterday to talk to Sharon Crown (Crown Apple namesake) and her niece, Jean Crown came over for a visit. I had a chance to ask Jean about the apple tree. She was living in the house here when my dad bought the property from her dad (Dr. Crown) in 1967 and the large old apple tree was there since she could remember. She appeared to be about my brother's age - who was there also - about late 50s, and they knew some people in common. I think she must still live in the Gladstone area somewhere.
Jean Crown thought the apple tree was a MacIntosh apple. I told her my research led me to believe that it was a Pippin type apple, but I would keep what she said about it in mind. I also told her that I plan to have someone from the Home Orchard Society based at Clackamas Community College come and take a look at it once it bears apples that remain on the tree until late in the year, like the original tree did. I mentioned to her that the present tree is a root sapling from the old original tree.
