Betty Geeson
AppleBETTY GEESON
Origin / History
Said by Hogg to be a Worcestershire variety. Introduced to notice about 1854. A useful late variety, now superseded by Bramley's Seedling and Newton Wonder.
Tree
Growth vigorous, slightly spreading, compact; fertile. Leaf very broad, very coarsely serrate, dark, held flat but slightly undulating.
Fruit
Size: Medium, 2¾ by 2 inches.
Form: Flat, fairly regular.
Stem: Rather slender and short, in a very wide and deep cavity.
Cavity: Very wide and deep.
Calyx: Eye large, open.
Basin: Unusually wide and deep.
Skin: Pea green to deep yellow, greasy.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Firm, greenish-white, sub-acid, juicy.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Till March.
Uses
Culinary.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 4 catalogs (1900–1913) from England, Illinois
- 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
- James Veitch & Sons , Ltd., Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, London (also Coombe Wood, Langley, and Feltham) , England — 1911
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913
View original book sources (1)
— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)BETTY GEESON. Culinary, till March, medium, 2¾ by 2, flat, fairly regular. Colour, pea green to deep yellow, greasy. Flesh, firm, greenish-white, sub-acid, juicy. Eye, large, open in an unusually wide and deep basin. Stem, rather slender and short in a very wide and deep cavity. Growth, vigorous, slightly spreading, compact; fertile. Leaf, very broad, very coarsely serrate, dark, held flat but slightly undulating. Origin, said by Hogg to be a Worcestershire variety. Introduced to notice about 1854. A useful late variety now superseded by Bramley's Seedling and Newton Wonder.