Bar Apple
AppleBar Apple
Origin/History
Cultivated near Mendham in Morris County, New Jersey, as recorded by Coxe in 1817. Downing's 1900 entry repeats the description without adding geographic or historical context.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Large.
Form: Not described in source.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Fair in appearance; slightly tinged with red on the sun-exposed side.
Flesh/Flavor: Flesh white, juicy, sweet, and agreeable. Rated Good (Downing).
Core/Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Early fall. Keeps well through the winter.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— William Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)NO. 113. BAR APPLE.
A large, fine, fair apple; slightly tinged with red next the sun: it is of white and juicy substance, of sweet and agreeable flavour—an early fall fruit, and keeps well through the winter—cultivated near Mendham in Morris county, New-Jersey.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Bar.
A large, fair apple, slightly tinged with red next the sun. Flesh white, juicy, sweet, and agreeable. Good. An early fall fruit, and keeps well through the winter.