Andrews' Favorite
AppleAndrews' Favorite
Origin and History
Origin on the Andrews farm, Berlin, Vt. The original tree is said to be seventy years old, healthy, vigorous, spreading and irregular. It is a good bearer annually of handsome fruit, and of good quality.
Tree
Healthy, vigorous growth habit. Spreading and irregular form. Good annual bearer.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium; roundish, inclining to oblong, slightly angular.
Skin: Whitish, shaded and mottled with light red, with stripes and broken splashes of dark red or crimson, and many light dots, some being areole.
Stem (Stalk): Short, small.
Cavity: Small; sometimes slight russet.
Calyx: Small, closed.
Basin: Medium, corrugated.
Flesh and Flavor: White, half fine, tender, juicy, pleasant subacid. Quality: very good.
Core and Seeds: Large and open.
Season
December, January.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Andrews' Favorite.
Origin on the Andrews farm, Berlin, Vt.; the original tree is said to be seventy years old, healthy, vigorous, spreading and irregular; a good bearer annually of handsome fruit, and of good quality.
Fruit medium, roundish, inclining to oblong, slightly angular; skin whitish, shaded, and mottled with light red, with stripes and broken splashes of dark red or crimson, and many light dots, some being areole; stalk short, small; cavity small, sometimes slight russet; calyx small, closed; basin medium, corrugated; flesh white, half fine, tender, juicy, pleasant subacid; very good; core large and open. December, January.