August Tart
Apple
August Tart
Origin/History
Origin unknown. Specimens procured from Marietta, Ohio.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium to large, regular, conical, truncated.
Skin: Smooth, yellow-green. Dots numerous, large, yellow.
Cavity: Wide, regular, brown.
Stem: Long, slender.
Calyx (Eye): Medium or small, closed.
Basin: Medium, wavy or folded.
Core: Medium, regular, closed, clasping.
Seeds: Numerous, pointed.
Flesh: Greenish-yellow, breaking.
Flavor: Acid.
Season
August.
Uses
Quality poor, except for cooking.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Source: John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867), Fig. 147.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)August Tart.
Origin unknown. Specimens procured from Marietta, Ohio.
Fruit medium to large, regular, conical, truncated; Surface smooth, yellow-green; Dots numerous, large, yellow.
Basin medium, wavy or folded; Eye medium or small, closed.
Cavity wide, regular, brown; Stem long, slender.
Fig. 147.—AUGUST TART.
Core medium, regular, closed, clasping; Seeds numerous, pointed; Flesh greenish-yellow, breaking; Flavor acid; Quality poor, except for cooking; Season August.