Amos
AppleAmos
Origin / History
Received for testing at the Geneva Experiment Station from Benjamin Buckman of Farmingdale, Illinois. Supposed to be of southern origin. Listed in the literature also as Jackson and as Amos Jackson. Not recommended for cultivation in New York.
Tree
Moderately productive.
Fruit
Size: Averages below medium; described elsewhere as medium. Uniform in size.
Form: Roundish oblate, almost truncate, usually symmetrical; uniform in form.
Stem: Long to very long, slender, sometimes bracted, often reflexed in a characteristic way to one side.
Cavity: Acute, shallow to moderately deep, moderately wide, usually russeted, often lipped.
Calyx: Large, open; lobes long and reflexed. Calyx tube short, cone-shaped, with tendency to funnel-form. Stamens median to basal.
Basin: Obtuse, shallow or moderately deep, broad, sometimes corrugated.
Skin: Yellow, often with blush, not striped. Prevailing effect attractive yellow; elsewhere "attractive deep yellow."
Dots: Scattering, russet.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh nearly white, hard, rather coarse, breaking, moderately juicy; sprightly subacid, fair to good in quality.
Core and seeds: Core sessile, turbinate, axile, small to medium, closed or slightly open. Carpels elliptical, inclined to obcordate, emarginate, mucronate.
Season
November to March.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1901) from Illinois
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901 — listed as Amos Jackson
View original book sources (1)
— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 1 (1905)AMOS.
REFERENCES. 1. Ill. Sta. Bul., 45:313, 326. 1896. 2. Powell and Fulton, U. S. B. P. I. Bul., 48:36. 1903. 3. Beach and Clark, N. Y. Sta. Bul., 248:111. 1904.
SYNONYMS. JACKSON (1). Amos Jackson (1, 2, 3).
This variety was received for testing at the Geneva Experiment Station from Benjamin Buckman of Farmingdale, Illinois. It is supposed to be of southern origin. The tree is moderately productive. The fruit is of medium size, attractive deep yellow, subacid, fair to good. Season November to March. It is not recommended for cultivation in New York.
FRUIT.
Fruit averages below medium. Form roundish oblate, almost truncate, usually symmetrical; uniform in form and size. Stem long to very long, slender, sometimes bracted, often reflexed in a characteristic way to one side. Cavity acute, shallow to moderately deep, moderately wide, usually russeted, often lipped. Calyx large, open; lobes long and reflexed. Basin obtuse, shallow or moderately deep, broad, sometimes corrugated. Skin yellow, often with blush, not striped, sprinkled with scattering russet dots. Prevailing effect attractive yellow.
Calyx tube short, cone-shaped, with tendency to funnel-form. Stamens median to basal.
Core sessile, turbinate, axile, small to medium, closed or slightly open. Carpels elliptical, inclined to obcordate, emarginate, mucronate.
Flesh nearly white, hard, rather coarse, breaking, moderately juicy, sprightly subacid, fair to good in quality.
Season November to March.