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Brown

Apple

Brown

Origin/History

A Pennsylvania apple.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size

Sources differ: Downing describes the fruit as medium; the Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (Lowther) describes it as large.

Form

Oblate, slightly ribbed (Downing); described as flat (Lowther).

Stem

Not described in source.

Cavity

Not described in source.

Calyx

Not described in source.

Basin

Not described in source.

Skin

Yellow ground, striped, splashed, and shaded with light and dark crimson over two-thirds of the surface.

Flesh / Flavor

Flesh yellowish, crisp, tender, and juicy; rather rich, subacid. Quality rated very good by both sources.

Core / Seeds

Core small.

Season

Sources differ slightly: Downing gives October–November; Lowther gives early autumn. The variety appears primarily in the Southern Division (10 reporting stations), with single stations in the Northern and Central Divisions.

Uses

Both kitchen and market (Lowther).

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 2 period pomological works

USDA Nomenclature (1905)

From W.H. Ragan, Nomenclature of the Apple, USDA Bulletin No. 56

Erroneously published in Bul. 8 as Nottingham.

View original book sources (2)

Brown.

A Pennsylvania Apple.

Fruit medium, oblate, slightly ribbed, yellow, striped, splashed and shaded with light and dark crimson over two-thirds the surface. Flesh yellowish, crisp, tender, juicy, rather rich, subacid. Very good. Core small. October, November.

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

Brown. Size: large. Form: flat. Color: striped or splashed (red). Quality: very good. Use: both kitchen and market. Season: early autumn. Northern Division: 1 station (reported in more than one division). Central Division: 1 station (reported in more than one division). Southern Division: 10 stations.

— Granville Lowther (ed.), Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (1914)
Nottingham Brown