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Alsace

Apple

Alsace

Origin/History Alsace Township, Pennsylvania.

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

  • Size: Medium
  • Form: Conical
  • Skin: Whitish-yellow, with blush on the sun-exposed side
  • Flesh: Whitish, juicy, pleasant
  • Flavor: Good
  • Stem: Not described in source.
  • Cavity: Not described in source.
  • Calyx: Not described in source.
  • Basin: Not described in source.
  • Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season January to March.

Uses Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Source: A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900), citing Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

USDA Nomenclature (1905)

From W.H. Ragan, Nomenclature of the Apple, USDA Bulletin No. 56

Probably first published in Mag. of H.'53, 173.

View original book sources (1)

Alsace. Origin, Alsace Township, Pa. Fruit medium, conical, whitish-yellow, blush in sun. Flesh whitish, juicy, pleasant. "Good." January to March. (Pa. Hort.)

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)