Cheese
AppleCheese
Origin/History
This fruit was received from Lewis Sanders, of Grass Hills, Gallatin County, Kentucky, by whom it was grown and esteemed.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form
Medium to small, oblate, regular.
Skin
Smooth, yellowish-green, striped purple red, splashed deep red. Dots scattered, gray and purple.
Cavity
Wide, regular, brown.
Stem
Long and slender.
Basin
Shallow and regular, or abrupt and deep in different specimens.
Calyx/Eye
Small and closed.
Flesh
Yellow, tender, fine-grained, juicy.
Flavor
Sub-acid, agreeable.
Core and Seeds
Core regular and closed; axis long. Seeds plump, pointed, and dark.
Season
December and January.
Uses
Table fruit. Quality good for the table.
Subtypes/Variants
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.