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'''Black Twig''' is a apple variety found in {{#ask: [[Has variety::Black Twig]] |format=count}} tree(s) across Central Oregon heritage orchards.
Listed in the 1900 Central Experimental Farm catalogue of fruit trees under test at Agassiz, British Columbia.
'''Read the full entry:''' [https://heritageapplecorps.org/varieties/black-twig-apple/ Black Twig on the Variety Finder] for deeper history, every book quote, and all nursery catalog references.


== Description ==
== Quick Facts ==
'''Black Twig''' is a heritage apple variety with a rich history in American orchards.
 
=== Characteristics ===
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! Attribute !! Details
| '''Type''' || Apple
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| '''Season''' || Late (Late fall (October))
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| '''Flavor''' || sweet, tart, mild, subacid, rich
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| '''Flavor notes''' || Sharp, complex flavor; tannic; balanced (neither too tart nor too sweet); cider-like aromas; reaches peak flavor after storage
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| '''Origin''' || Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA; discovered around 1830 as a seedling on Major Rankin Toole's farm
| '''Uses''' || fresh eating, cider, cooking, baking
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| '''Harvest Season''' || Late fall (October)
| '''Keeping quality''' || Excellent
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| '''Flavor Profile''' || Sharp, complex flavor; tannic; balanced (neither too tart nor too sweet); cider-like aromas; reaches peak flavor after storage
| '''Size''' || Medium
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| '''Storage''' || Excellent - stores very well; darkens in storage; flavor improves with age
| '''Shape''' || Oblate
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| '''Skin color''' || red, yellow, crimson, striped
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| '''Flesh''' || Yellow fine
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| '''Origin''' || Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA, c. 1830. Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA; discovered around 1830 as a seedling on Major Rankin Toole's farm
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=== Uses ===
== Fruit ==
* Fresh eating
'''Size and Form:''' Medium, oblate, very little conical, slightly angular.
* Cider (sweet and hard)
* Cooking
* Baking


=== History ===
'''Skin:''' Bright yellow, shaded with light red (dark crimson in the sun). Some obscure stripes and splashes on the shaded side, thickly sprinkled with yellowish and brown dots.
Reportedly Andrew Jackson's favorite apple. Became one of the most popular apples in the American South. Often confused with Mammoth Black Twig and Arkansas Black. Celebrated by Lee Calhoun in 'Old Southern Apples.'


== Trees ==
'''Stem:''' Short, rather stout.
 
'''Cavity:''' Medium, with slight russet.
 
'''Calyx:''' Closed.
 
'''Basin:''' Medium, roundish, regular.
 
'''Flesh and Flavor:''' Pale yellow, half fine, tender, juicy, mild subacid, rich. Very good.
 
'''Core:''' Rather small.
 
'''Seeds:''' Not described in source.
 
== Season ==
October to February.
 
== USDA Bulletin 56 Notes ==
'''USDA name:''' Black Twig
 
'''USDA citations:''' A'71, L
 
* This is doubtless Arkansas.
 
== Sources ==
* A.J. Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1869). Public domain.
* USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection, U.S. National Agricultural Library.
* 1 historical nursery catalog references (see [https://heritageapplecorps.org/varieties/black-twig-apple/ Variety Finder] for the full list).
* '''Full entry with all citations:''' [https://heritageapplecorps.org/varieties/black-twig-apple/ Black Twig on the Variety Finder]
 
== Trees of this Variety in Our Collection ==
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== USDA Pomological Watercolors ==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="250">
File:USDA_Pomological_Black_Twig_POM00001241.jpg|POM00001241 by Shull, James Marion, Linden
</gallery>
<small>U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705</small>


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Latest revision as of 12:01, 28 April 2026

Black Twig
Species Apple
Trees Found 1
Orchards McCoin Upper
Preserved Clarno Arboretum(2025)
USDA Pomological Watercolor by Shull, James Marion (Linden, Virginia). Public domain. USDA National Agricultural Library.

Listed in the 1900 Central Experimental Farm catalogue of fruit trees under test at Agassiz, British Columbia. Read the full entry: Black Twig on the Variety Finder for deeper history, every book quote, and all nursery catalog references.

Quick Facts

Type Apple
Season Late (Late fall (October))
Flavor sweet, tart, mild, subacid, rich
Flavor notes Sharp, complex flavor; tannic; balanced (neither too tart nor too sweet); cider-like aromas; reaches peak flavor after storage
Uses fresh eating, cider, cooking, baking
Keeping quality Excellent
Size Medium
Shape Oblate
Skin color red, yellow, crimson, striped
Flesh Yellow fine
Origin Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA, c. 1830. Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA; discovered around 1830 as a seedling on Major Rankin Toole's farm

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium, oblate, very little conical, slightly angular.

Skin: Bright yellow, shaded with light red (dark crimson in the sun). Some obscure stripes and splashes on the shaded side, thickly sprinkled with yellowish and brown dots.

Stem: Short, rather stout.

Cavity: Medium, with slight russet.

Calyx: Closed.

Basin: Medium, roundish, regular.

Flesh and Flavor: Pale yellow, half fine, tender, juicy, mild subacid, rich. Very good.

Core: Rather small.

Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

October to February.

USDA Bulletin 56 Notes

USDA name: Black Twig

USDA citations: A'71, L

  • This is doubtless Arkansas.

Sources

  • A.J. Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1869). Public domain.
  • USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection, U.S. National Agricultural Library.
  • 1 historical nursery catalog references (see Variety Finder for the full list).
  • Full entry with all citations: Black Twig on the Variety Finder

Trees of this Variety in Our Collection

 OrchardTagCondition
McCoin Upper Tree 63McCoin Upper63good
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