Clermont
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Clermont
Origin / History
Said to be a seedling raised by Samuel Medary, near Batavia, Ohio. Also known as Jackson's Roman Stem and Cheese Apple.
Tree
Moderate grower; an early and good bearer.
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: Oblate, depressed; sides sometimes unequal.
Stem: Stalk very short.
Cavity: Rather large, russeted; the russet sometimes extends out on the fruit.
Calyx: Closed.
Basin: Rather large, slightly corrugated.
Skin: Yellow, deep orange yellow in the sun, sometimes a shade of bright red, and sometimes with nettings of russet.
Dots: A few gray dots.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh yellow, half fine, quite firm, moderately juicy; rich subacid.
Core and seeds: Core close and small.
Season
January to May. A late keeper.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Clermont.
Jackson's Roman Stem. Cheese Apple.
The Clermont is said to be a seedling raised by Samuel Medary, near Batavia, Ohio. Tree a moderate grower, an early and good bearer, and a late keeper.
Fruit medium oblate, depressed, sides sometimes unequal; skin yellow, deep orange yellow in the sun, sometimes a shade of bright red, and sometimes nettings of russet, and a few gray dots; stalk very short; cavity rather large, russeted, which sometimes extends out on the fruit; calyx closed; basin rather large, slightly corrugated; flesh yellow, half fine, quite firm, moderately juicy, rich subacid; core close and small. January, May.