ARTHUR TURNER

Apple

Origin and History: Introduced by Mr. Charles Turner in 1914, when it gained an Award of Merit. Described as a very handsome apple suited for cultivation as an early winter cooking variety.

Tree: Growth moderate, slightly upright; fertility good. Leaves narrow oval, grey-green, with little up-cupping and shallow serrate or crenate margins.

Fruit:

Size: Large; approximately 4 by 3½ inches, very even form.

Skin: Yellow with brown-red flush.

Cavity: Wide.

Stem: Medium, set in the wide cavity.

Calyx and Basin: Eye open, set in a rather wide, even basin.

Flesh and Flavor: White, slightly acid; bakes very well.

Season: October to November.

Uses: Culinary; excellent for baking.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)

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ARTHUR TURNER. Culinary, October to November, large, 4 by 3½, very even. Colour, yellow with brown red flush. Flesh, white, slightly acid, baking very well. Eye, open in a rather wide even basin. Stem, medium in a wide cavity. Growth, moderate, slightly upright; fertility good. Leaf, narrow oval, grey green, little up-cupped, shallow serrate or crenate. Origin, introduced by Mr. Chas. Turner, in 1914, when it gained an Award of Merit. A very handsome apple, which deserves cultivation for an early winter cooking variety.

— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)