Cap of Liberty
AppleCap of Liberty
Origin and History
Cap of Liberty was first introduced to the United States through the U.S. Plant Introduction Station at Glenn Dale, Maryland (MdG), which received material from England in 1948. The variety was assigned USDA Plant Introduction number 161830. Material was also received at the Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York (NyG) directly from the Research Station at Long Ashton, Bristol, England in 1937.
Fruit
Size and Form: Small, conical.
Skin: Yellow ground color, one-quarter of the fruit surface covered with orange stripes.
Flesh: Light yellow, acid, astringent. Quality rated as poor.
Core and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Ripens middle September (late summer).
Uses
Cider apple.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Cap of Liberty is held in the collections of multiple U.S. Agricultural Experiment Stations, including the Agricultural Experiment Station of Rutgers, New Brunswick, New Jersey (NjB), which also maintains accession PI 161830 received from Glenn Dale, Maryland.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— H.H. Fisher (USDA ARS), A Survey of Apple Clones in the United States (1963)Cap of Liberty is recorded with USDA Plant Introduction number 161830. The U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland (MdG) received material from England in 1948. The Agricultural Experiment Station of Rutgers, New Brunswick, New Jersey (NjB), also holding accession PI 161830 received from Glenn Dale, Maryland, reports it ripens in late summer and is a cider apple. The Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York (NyG) received material from the Research Station, Long Ashton, Bristol, England in 1937, and reports: fruit small, conical, one-quarter covered with orange stripes on yellow. Flesh light yellow, acid, astringent. Poor quality. Ripens middle September.