Bayard
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Bayard
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Origin / History
Origin, Illinois. A seedling of the old Milam, probably more valuable than Akin and other Milam seedlings. Stark Bros. sent Bayard to New York, where it succeeds remarkably well. Arthur Bryant, President of the Illinois Horticultural Society, reports Bayard as a great a… We believe it worthy of more general planting.
Tree
Comes into bearing e… At Quincy, Illinois, the Bayard is reported bearing several times as many apples as Davis. Succeeds remarkably well in New York.
Fruit
Size: Not described in source.
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: A beautiful apple.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Of excellent quality, one of the very best. At Quincy, Illinois, quality incomparably superior to Davis.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Not described in source.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
USDA Nomenclature (1905)
From W.H. Ragan, Nomenclature of the Apple, USDA Bulletin No. 56
Possibly identical with: Dark Red Seedling
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 5 catalogs (1900–1912) from Illinois, Missouri
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
- Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co. , Louisiana , Missouri — 1910
- Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co. , Louisiana , Missouri — 1911
- Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co. , Louisiana , Missouri — 1912
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— Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co., Stark Bros. Year Book (1910) (1910)A beautiful apple of excellent quality. one of the very best. Comes into bearing e We believe it worthy of more general plan Origin, Illinois. A seedling of the old Milam probably more valuable than Akin and o Milam seedlings. We sent Bayard to New Y where it succeeds remarkably well. The Arthur Bryant, President of the Illinois H cultural Society, reports Bayard as a great a At Quincy, Illinois, the Bayard is reporte bearing several times as many apples as Davis—quality incomparably superior. N