American Blush
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
AMERICAN BLUSH.
The Hubbardston has long been known in some portion of Seneca and Tompkins counties under the name American Blush, and has been disseminated from there under that name. It is not surprising that the Hubbardston has been disseminated under other names because it shows such remarkable variations with changes in environment. Whether the variations which have appeared are all due to differences in environment or whether distinct strains of the Hubbardston have arisen under cultivation has not been definitely determined. Some fruit growers are very positive in the opinion that American Blush is different from the Hubbardston. If this be true and if these differences are maintained under propagation it should be regarded as a distinct strain of the Hubbardston.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 4 catalogs (1894–1913) from Illinois, New York
- Green's Nursery Co. (Charles A. Green) , Rochester , New York — 1894
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913
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— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 1 (1905)AMERICAN BLUSH.
The Hubbardston has long been known in some portion of Seneca and Tompkins counties under the name American Blush, and has been disseminated from there under that name. It is not surprising that the Hubbardston has been disseminated under other names because it shows such remarkable variations with changes in environment. Whether the variations which have appeared are all due to differences in environment or whether distinct strains of the Hubbardston have arisen under cultivation has not been definitely determined. Some fruit growers are very positive in the opinion that American Blush is different from the Hubbardston. If this be true and if these differences are maintained under propagation it should be regarded as a distinct strain of the Hubbardston.