Chronicle
Apple
Chronicle (Apple)
Origin & History
A famous long keeper of Indiana origin. The honors of its discovery are divided between the Sigersons and R. Ragan.
Tree
Vigorous, healthy, and productive. Said to be hardy.
Fruit
Size & Form: Full medium to large; globular, truncated, cylindrical, irregular. Some specimens flattened at the sides or angular, with axis inclined in some.
Skin: Yellowish-green to yellow, mixed and striped with dull red.
Surface Features: Dots large, scattered, yellow, and indented.
Cavity: Wide, wavy or acute, sometimes lipped; brown in color. Stem medium to long, sometimes thick.
Basin: Wide and deep, regular or wavy. Eye small to medium, closed.
Flesh: Greenish to yellow, firm in texture.
Flavor & Quality: Sub-acid, not spicy. Quality scarcely good except for culinary use and for market.
Core & Seeds: Core small, closed, meeting. Seeds numerous, pointed, and plump.
Season
March to May.
Storage & Uses
A long keeper; keeps sound even when bruised. Suitable for culinary use and for market.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Chronicle.
This is a famous long keeper of Indiana origin. The honors of its discovery are divided between the Sigersons and R. Ragan.
Tree vigorous, healthy, productive, said to be hardy.
Fruit full medium to large, globular, truncated, cylindrical, irregular, flattened at the sides or angular; Axis inclined in some; Surface yellowish-green to yellow, mixed and striped dull red; Dots large, scattered, yellow, indented.
Basin, wide, deep, regular or wavy; Eye small to medium, closed.
Cavity wide, wavy or acute, sometimes lipped, brown; Stem medium to long, sometimes thick.
Core small, closed, meeting; Seeds numerous, pointed, plump; Flesh greenish to yellow, firm; Flavor sub-acid, not spicy; Quality scarcely good, except for culinary use and for market; Season, March to May. Keeps sound even when bruised.