Clark's Orange

Apple

Origin/History

Specimens from William Oxford.

Tree

Susceptible to blight; lacking in hardiness.

Fruit

Size: Medium.

Form: Regular, roundish oblong, conic.

Skin: Yellow, thinly shaded and overlaid with yellowish red, sparsely splashed. Surface dots very obscure, few, minute, whitish.

Cavity: Obtuse, regular, with slight radiate russet.

Stem: Short.

Basin: Shallow, narrow, corrugated.

Calyx: Open; segments erect convergent.

Flesh and Flavor: Orange yellow. Crabby texture. Slightly astringent, subacid, fair.

Core and Seeds: Core closed; cells round, widely slit. Core tube conical. Stamens median or basal. Seeds about seven, mostly shrunken, long, slender.

Season

September, October.

Uses

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 2 catalogs (1901–1913) from Illinois

Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913

View original book sources (1)

Clark's Orange—Specimens from William Oxford; tree blights, and is lacking in hardiness—Fruit medium, regular, roundish oblong, conic; surface yellow, thinly shaded and overlaid with yellowish, red, sparsely splashed; dots very obscure, few, minute, whitish; cavity obtuse, regular, a little radiate russet; stem short; basin shallow, narrow, corrugated; calyx open, segments erect convergent. Core closed; cells round, widely slit; tube conical; stamens median or basal; seeds about seven, mostly shrunken, long, slender, flesh orange yellow, crabby texture, slightly astringent, subacid, fair. September, October.

— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)