Bailey's Golden

Apple

Origin/History

Originated in Kennebec County, Maine.

Tree

Productive (per Warder and Downing). Not otherwise described in source.

Fruit

Size: Large (Warder, Downing, Thomas); medium (Elliott).

Form: Oblong, flattened at base and crown (Warder, Downing, Thomas describes as oblong); Elliott describes the form as round flattened.

Stem: Short, surrounded by russet, set in a broad, deep cavity (Warder and Downing). Elliott and Thomas do not describe the stem separately.

Cavity: Broad and deep (Warder, Downing).

Calyx: Large and open (Warder, Downing). Not described by Elliott or Thomas.

Basin: Shallow (Warder, Downing). Not described by Elliott or Thomas.

Skin: Yellowish, slightly russeted, with a warm cheek (Warder, Downing). Elliott describes the skin as yellowish russeted; Thomas as yellowish, slightly russeted. (No mention of a warm cheek by Elliott or Thomas.)

Flesh/Flavor: Flesh white, with a pleasant sub-acid flavor (Warder, Downing, Thomas). Elliott: white, sub-acid. Quality rated "good" (Elliott, Downing).

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

January to March (Warder, Downing); January (Elliott); winter (Thomas).

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 4 period pomological works

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Bailey's Golden.

"Origin Kennebec County, Maine. Tree productive; Fruit large, oblong, flattened at base and crown; Skin yellowish, slightly russeted, with a warm cheek; Stem short, surrounded by russet, in a broad, deep cavity; Calyx large and open, basin shallow; Flesh white, with a pleasant sub-acid flavor; January to March." — [Downing.]

— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)

Bailey's Golden. Origin, Kennebec Co., Maine. Tree productive. Fruit large, oblong, flattened at base and crown, yellowish, slightly russeted, with a warm cheek. Stalk short, surrounded by russet in a broad deep cavity. Calyx large and open. Basin shallow. Flesh white, with a pleasant subacid flavor. Good. January to March.

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

Bailey Golden.

From Maine. Fruit, medium, round flattened, yellowish russeted; flesh, white, sub-acid; "good." January.

— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)

Bailey's Golden. Large, oblong, yellowish, slightly russeted; flesh white, pleasant, sub-acid. Winter. Maine.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)