Carolina Watson

Apple

Carolina Watson

Origin/History

Of Southern origin (Downing; Budd & Hansen). Thomas locates the variety in Alabama.

Tree

Vigorous (Thomas; Budd & Hansen).

Fruit

Size: Large (Downing, Thomas, Budd & Hansen). Lowther reports the size as medium.

Form: Oblate conical (Downing; Budd & Hansen). Lowther records the form as "fle." (flat).

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Greenish, shaded, splashed and striped with dull red (Downing); surface greenish yellow, shaded, splashed and striped with dull red (Budd & Hansen); greenish yellow, red, striped (Thomas); green, yellow, and red (Lowther). Marked with large light dots having dark centres (Downing; Budd & Hansen).

Flesh/Flavor: Flesh white (Downing, Thomas, Budd & Hansen). Texture is coarse (Downing) — Budd & Hansen describe it as both coarse and tender, while Thomas calls it tender. Mild subacid (Downing; Budd & Hansen); sub-acid (Thomas). Quality good (Downing; Budd & Hansen; Lowther).

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Summer (Lowther; Thomas; Budd & Hansen); ripening in August (Downing).

Uses

Market (Lowther).

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Reported from 6 stations in the Northern Division, with the variety also reported in more than one division (Lowther).

Book Sources

Described in 4 period pomological works

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 4 catalogs (1900–1913) from Arkansas, Illinois

Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
Yarbrough Bros. , Stephens , Arkansas — 1901
Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913

View original book sources (4)

Carolina Watson.

Of Southern origin.

Fruit large, oblate conical, greenish, shaded, splashed and striped with dull red, large light dots, with dark centres. Flesh white, coarse, mild, subacid. Good. August.

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

Carolina Watson. Size: medium. Form: fle. Color: green, yellow, and red. Quality: good. Use: market. Season: summer. Northern Division: 6 stations (reported in more than one division).

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

Carolina Watson. Large, greenish yellow, red, striped; flesh white, tender, sub-acid; tree vigorous. Alabama. Summer.

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

Watson, Carolina.—Of Southern origin; tree vigorous.

Fruit large, oblate conical; surface greenish yellow, shaded, splashed and striped with dull red; dots large, light, with dark centres; flesh white, coarse, tender, mild subacid, good. Summer.

— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)

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