Belzer

Apple

Belzer

Origin/History

American variety, originating in Ohio. Both sources cite Hovey's Magazine of Horticulture as the original reference; Elliott attributes the entry specifically to T. S. Humrickhouse.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Medium.

Form: Roundish (Downing). Form not described in Elliott.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Red striped on greenish yellow (Elliott); yellow striped with red (Downing). Both sources agree on red striping over a yellow ground; Elliott specifies the ground color as greenish yellow.

Flesh/Flavor: White, fine-grained (Elliott), sub-acid. Juicy (Elliott). Quality rated Good (Downing).

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

August. Downing specifies middle August.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 2 period pomological works

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Belzer.

Fruit medium, roundish, yellow striped with red. Flesh white, fine, sub-acid. Good. Middle August. (Hov. Mag.)

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

Belzer.

American : Ohio. Fruit, medium, red striped on greenish yellow : flesh, white, fine grained, juicy, sub-acid. August. (T. S. Humrickhouse, in Hov. Mag.)

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