Thank you, Lisa. I have that variety available locally...but I can't find any history on it in any of my old garden books or Googlebooks before 2000 (even in the French garden books). So I'm not sure how old that variety truly is.
I just read in my 1940 Ferry-Morse catalog that Mary Washington is a selection from Martha Washington, so Mary is a daughter to Martha. With that said, I'd like to grow it how and compare to Mary.
I am mindful not all daughter varieties are necessarily better. Take Golden Delicious apples for example. Golden Delicious is just ok...but one the parent apples to Golden Delicious is Grimes Golden - and Grimes Golden absolutely blows Golden Delicious away in flavor.
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