Cheese
AppleCheese
Origin / History
Received from Lewis Sanders, of Grass Hills, Gallatin County, Kentucky, by whom it was grown and esteemed.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Medium to small.
Form: Oblate, regular.
Stem: Long, slender.
Cavity: Wide, regular, brown.
Calyx: Eye small, closed.
Basin: Shallow, regular, or abrupt and deep, in different specimens.
Skin: Smooth; yellowish-green, striped purple red, splashed deep red.
Dots: Scattered, gray and purple.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh yellow, tender, fine-grained, juicy. Flavor sub-acid, agreeable. Quality good for the table.
Core and seeds: Core regular, closed; axis long. Seeds plump, pointed, dark.
Season
December and January.
Uses
Good for the table.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Cheese.
This fruit was received from Lewis Sanders, of Grass Hills, Gallatin County, Kentucky, by whom it was grown and esteemed.
Fruit medium to small, oblate, regular; Surface smooth, yellowish-green, striped purple red, splashed deep red; dots scattered, gray and purple.
Basin shallow, regular, or abrupt and deep, in different specimens; Eye small, closed.
Cavity wide, regular, brown; Stem long, slender.
Core regular, closed; Axis long; Seeds plump, pointed, dark; Flesh yellow, tender, fine-grained, juicy; Flavor sub-acid, agreeable; Quality good for the table in December and January.