Buchanan's
AppleBuchanan's
Origin/History
Origin near Cincinnati, Ohio, in the orchard of Robert Buchanan, Esq., a gentleman long devoted to pomology. The variety closely resembles the Brandywine, as grown in Illinois. It is much like the Minkler, which originated in Illinois; both may have come from seeds of the Gilpin, which they resemble.
Tree
Vigorous and productive.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium, oblate, regular.
Stem: Short or medium.
Cavity: Wide, regular, green.
Calyx and Basin: Eye large, closed. Basin medium, folded or plaited.
Skin: Smooth, yellow, covered with mixed red and striped bright red. Dots scattered, minute.
Flesh: Greenish-yellow, firm, breaking.
Flavor: Sub-acid.
Core and Seeds: Core flattened, closed, clasping the eye. Seeds numerous, plump, dark.
Quality and Uses
Quality scarcely second rate. Useful for cooking. Keeps sound until May.
Season
Storage: May.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Buchanan's.
Origin near Cincinnati, Ohio, in the orchard of Robert Buchanan, Esq., a gentleman long devoted to pomology. It also closely resembles the Brandywine, as grown in Illinois, already described.
This variety is much like the Minkler, which originated in Illinois, and both may have come from seeds of the Gilpin, which they resemble.
Tree vigorous and productive.
Fruit medium, oblate, regular; Surface smooth, yellow, covered with mixed red and striped bright red; Dots scattered, minute.
Basin medium, folded or plaited; Eye large, closed.
Cavity wide, regular, green; Stem short or medium.
Core flattened, closed, clasping the eye; Seeds numerous, plump, dark; Flesh greenish-yellow, firm, breaking; Flavor sub-acid; Quality scarcely second rate, but useful for cooking, and keeps sound until May.