Amere de Berthecourt
AppleAmere de Berthecourt
Origin and History
Amere de Berthecourt originated in France and was received in the United States in 1938. The variety was introduced through the U.S. Plant Introduction Station at Glenn Dale, Maryland, and assigned USDA Plant Introduction number 127311. The variety was also reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York.
Fruit
Size and Form Small; round-conic.
Skin Whitish-green.
Flesh and Flavor Nearly white; sweet with astringent character. Quality rated poor.
Cavity, Calyx, and Basin Not described in source.
Core and Seeds Not described in source.
Stem Not described in source.
Tree
Not described in source.
Season
Late October.
Storage and Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— H.H. Fisher (USDA ARS), A Survey of Apple Clones in the United States (1963)Amere de Berthecourt, USDA Plant Introduction number 127311, originated in France and was received in 1938. Reported by the U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland. A second entry for the same accession (127311), also located at Glenn Dale, Maryland, provides the following description: fruit small, whitish-green, round-conic; flesh nearly white, sweet, astringent; quality poor; season late October. Also reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York.