Adaline

Apple

Origin/History

Minnesota.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size

Medium.

Form

Roundish, very regular.

Stem

Medium.

Cavity

Regular, acuminate, slightly russeted.

Calyx

Open.

Basin

Smooth, regular, abrupt (somewhat cup-shaped).

Skin and Color

Yellow, mostly covered with fine dark red, mixed, striped and splashed, nearly solid color on sunny side. Surface dots white, minute, few.

Flesh and Flavor

White, fine grained, mild subacid, nearly sweet, good.

Core and Seeds

Core closed; tube funnel-shaped, long, open to core; stamens marginal.

Season

Winter.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)

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Adaline-Origin, Minnesota-Fruit medium, roundish, very regular, surface yellow, mostly covered with fine dark red, mixed, striped and splashed, nearly solid, color on sunny side; dots white, minute, few; cavity regular, acuminate, slightly russeted; stem medium; basin smooth, regular, abrupt (somewhat cup-shaped); calyx open. Core closed; tube funnel-shaped, long, open to core; stamens marginal; flesh white, fine grained, mild subacid, nearly sweet, good. Winter.

— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)