Carnahan's Favorite

Apple

Carnahan's Favorite

Origin/History

Originated with Mr. Carnahan, Cincinnati, Ohio. (Downing; Thomas corroborates the Ohio origin.)

Tree

Vigorous and productive. No further tree characteristics described in source.

Fruit

Size: Large.

Form: Roundish conic.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Large. (Thomas)

Calyx: Large. (Thomas)

Basin: Furrowed. (Thomas)

Skin: Ground color yellowish, striped and shaded with red, and much sprinkled with green or russet dots. (Downing) Thomas describes the coloring more briefly as red on yellow, consistent with Downing's account.

Flesh and Flavor: Fine-grained. Both sources agree on fine grain and pleasant character. Downing describes the flesh as juicy with a very pleasant vinous flavor; Thomas characterizes it as pleasant and sub-acid.

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Good from December through March (Downing). Keeps till spring (Thomas).

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 2 period pomological works

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Carnahan's Favorite.

Origin, with Mr. Carnahan, Cincinnati, O. Tree vigorous, productive. Fruit large, roundish conic. Color yellowish, striped and shaded with red, and much sprinkled with green or russet dots. Flesh fine grained, juicy, with a very pleasant vinous flavor. Good December to March.

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

Carnahan Favorite. Large, roundish conic; red on yellow; cavity and calyx large, basin furrowed; flesh fine-grained, pleasant, sub-acid. Tree vigorous, productive. Keeps till spring. Ohio.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)