Beeler's Russet
Apple
Beeler's Russet
Origin/History
Origin unknown. The variety was found growing in an old orchard on the banks of White River, in Marion County, Indiana, by Geo. M. Beeler. (Warder, 1867.) Downing (1900) likewise lists the origin as unknown and credits the description to Warder.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium to small. Round, truncated or cylindrical, inclined. (Warder gives the fuller form description; Downing abbreviates to "round, truncated.")
Stem: Long.
Cavity: Regular.
Calyx/Eye: Eye medium, closed.
Basin: Abrupt, uneven, green.
Skin: Russeted overall.
Dots: Minute, prominent.
Flesh and Flavor: Flesh yellow, crisp, fine-grained, tender, juicy. Flavor sub-acid to acid (Warder; Downing abbreviates to "subacid"), aromatic, spicy, very agreeable. Quality rated best.
Core and Seeds: Core large, wide, heart-shaped, closed, clasping. Seeds numerous, angular.
Season
November–December.
Uses
Table and kitchen. Characterized as a choice dessert apple.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Beeler's Russet.
Origin not known. Found in an old orchard on the banks of White River, in Marion County, Indiana, by my lamented young friend, Geo. M. Beeler.
Fruit medium to small, round, truncated or cylindrical, inclined; Surface russeted; Dots minute, prominent.
Basin abrupt, uneven, green; Eye medium, closed.
Cavity regular; Stem long.
Core large, wide, heart-shaped, closed, clasping; Seeds numerous, angular; Flesh yellow, crisp, fine-grained, tender, juicy; Flavor sub-acid to acid, aromatic, spicy, very agreeable; Quality best; Use, table, kitchen; Season, November, December.
A choice dessert apple.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Beeler's Russet.
Origin unknown. Fruit medium to small, round, truncated, russeted. Flesh yellow, crisp, tender, juicy, subacid, aromatic. November, December. (Warder.)