Blue Mountain
AppleBlue Mountain
Origin / History
Introduced by W. G. Waring.
Tree
Tree hardy, moderate grower, forming a small round head. Young shoots slender, dark brown.
Fruit
Size: Rather large.
Form: Roundish oblate.
Stem: Stalk rather short.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Small and closed.
Basin: Medium, corrugated.
Skin: Whitish, with broken splashes and stripes of light red.
Dots: Few, gray.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh white, crisp, juicy; flavor brisk subacid. Good to very good.
Core and seeds: Core large.
Season
November to February.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 2 catalogs (1901–1913) from Illinois
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913
View original book sources (1)
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Blue Mountain.
Trout Apple or Forelle. Blauberger.
Introduced by W. G. Waring. Tree hardy, moderate grower, forming a small round head. Young shoots, slender, dark brown.
Fruit rather large, roundish oblate, whitish, with broken splashes and stripes of light red, dotted with few gray dots. Stalk rather short. Calyx small and closed. Basin medium, corrugated. Flesh white, crisp, juicy, brisk subacid. Core large. Good to very good. November to February.