Carlisle Castle
AppleCARLISLE CASTLE
Origin / History
Not described in source.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Small, 1¾ by 2¾ inches, quite even.
Form: Very flat.
Stem: Very short, in a wide russet cavity.
Cavity: Wide, russeted.
Calyx: Eye closed.
Basin: Deepish, wide and even.
Skin: Pale yellow, nearly covered with bright scarlet flush and stripes; smooth, greasy.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh white, juicy, firm, sub-acid. Of no value.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
October to November.
Uses
Culinary. Of no value.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Resembles Thorle, but the closed eye and deep basin serve at once to distinguish it.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)CARLISLE CASTLE. Culinary, October to November, small, 1¾ by 2¾, very flat, quite even. Colour, pale yellow, nearly covered with bright scarlet flush and stripes, smooth, greasy. Flesh, white, juicy, firm, sub-acid. Eye, closed in a deepish, wide and even basin. Stem, very short in a wide russet cavity. Of no value. Resembles Thorle, but the closed eye and deep basin serve at once to distinguish it.