Childs

Apple

Childs (Apple)

Origin/History Raised by the late Ezekiel Fage, Belgrade, Maine.

Tree Vigorous, spreading, and very symmetric in form. A good bearer annually.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium, oblate to roundish oblate.

Skin: Whitish, shaded, striped and splashed with light and dark red over most of the surface.

Stem: Short, small.

Cavity: Rather large.

Calyx: Open.

Basin: Broad, not very deep, slightly corrugated.

Flesh and Flavor: White, fine, half tender, juicy, sprightly subacid.

Core: Medium.

Season December, January.

Uses Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Other Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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Childs.

Raised by the late Ezekiel Fage, Belgrade, Maine; tree vigorous, spreading, and very symmetric in form; a good bearer annually.

Fruit medium, oblate to roundish oblate; skin whitish, shaded, striped and splashed with light and dark red over most of the surface; stalk short, small; cavity rather large; calyx open; basin broad, not very deep, slightly corrugated; flesh white, fine, half tender, juicy, sprightly subacid; core medium. December, January.

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