Blackburn
AppleBlackburn
Origin / History
Found in the markets at Louisville, Kentucky; not much seen elsewhere. Origin unknown, probably Southern.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Large.
Form: Round, somewhat flattened.
Stem: Medium, curved, rather stout.
Cavity: Rather deep, acute, brown.
Calyx: Eye medium, closed.
Basin: Narrow, regular.
Skin: Surface dull looking, dull green and gray, with broken stripes of dark dull red.
Dots: Large, gray about the apex.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh white, crisp, juicy. Flavor sub-acid, with a peculiar spicy, wild, rather astringent taste that diminishes with the maturity of the fruit. Quality considered good.
Core and seeds: Core flattened, open, clasping.
Season
September, November.
Uses
Family and market.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
USDA Nomenclature (1905)
From W.H. Ragan, Nomenclature of the Apple, USDA Bulletin No. 56
This may be Buckingham.
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— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Blackburn.
Found in the markets at Louisville, Kentucky; not much seen elsewhere. Origin unknown, probably Southern.
Fruit large, round, somewhat flattened; Surface dull looking, dull green and gray, with broken stripes of dark dull red; Dots large, gray about the apex.
Basin narrow, regular; Eye medium, closed.
Cavity rather deep, acute, brown; Stem medium, curved, rather stout.
Core flattened, open, clasping; Flesh white, crisp, juicy; Flavor sub-acid, with a peculiar spicy, wild, rather astringent taste, that diminishes with the maturity of the fruit; Quality considered good; Use, family and market; Season September, November. Blackburn is sometimes used as a synonym of Fall Queen, a different fruit.