Clyde
Apple
Clyde
Origin / History
Originated with Mr. Mackie of Clyde, Wayne County, New York (Downing; Beach; Elliott; Warder; Thomas; Budd-Hansen). Beach notes it is a late autumn variety; at the time of his writing (1905) it was little grown in New York state, though Lyon reports that in Michigan the tree is vigorous, upright, very productive, and the fruit desirable for market.
Tree
Vigorous, upright (Warder, Downing, Budd-Hansen); Beach describes it as vigorous and spreading. Productive to very productive (Elliott; Warder; Downing; Budd-Hansen; Beach via Lyon). Twigs reddish-brown (Beach).
Fruit
Size: Large.
Form: Roundish, conic, angular (Warder, Downing, Budd-Hansen); roundish-conical, slightly ribbed (Elliott, Thomas); Beach gives roundish to oblong conic, more or less ribbed. Warder classes it among oblong, irregular, sour, striped apples.
Stem: Short, slender (Warder, Downing, Elliott, Thomas, Budd-Hansen); Beach adds that it is sometimes fleshy. Deep set (Thomas).
Cavity: Acute (Warder, Downing, Budd-Hansen); deep (Elliott); Beach describes it as acute, deep, rather wide, and furrowed.
Calyx: Closed (Warder, Downing, Elliott, Budd-Hansen, Beach); Beach adds that it is small.
Basin: Small, corrugated (Warder, Downing, Budd-Hansen); furrowed (Elliott, Thomas); Beach gives medium in depth, somewhat abrupt, and furrowed.
Skin: Greenish, oily, sprinkled and mottled with dull red, and bright red in the sun (Warder, Downing, Budd-Hansen); pale greenish yellow, striped and mottled with light red, deep crimson in the sun (Elliott); striped and mottled red on greenish yellow (Thomas); Beach describes the skin as waxy, green or yellow, washed and mottled with dull red and striped with carmine, becoming bright red on the exposed side. Lowther summarizes the color as green-red.
Flesh / Flavor: White, tender, juicy, with a brisk subacid flavor (Warder, Downing, Budd-Hansen); white, fine-grained, juicy, subacid (Elliott); white, fine-grained, sub-acid (Thomas); Beach gives white, often tender, juicy, sprightly, pleasant subacid. Quality rated good (Downing, Budd-Hansen), good to very good (Beach), fair (Thomas), good (Lowther).
Core / Seeds: Core large and open; seeds small, brown (Beach).
Season
October to January (Warder, Downing, Budd-Hansen); October to December (Elliott, Beach); late autumn (Thomas); winter (Lowther).
Uses
Both kitchen and market (Lowther); fruit desirable for market in Michigan (Beach via Lyon).
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 7 period pomological works
- Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867) — listed as Clyde Beauty
- Beach, The Apples of New York Vol. 2 (1905)
- Lowther (ed.), Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (1914) — listed as Clyde (Beauty)
- Budd & Hansen, Systematic Pomology (1914) — listed as Clyde Beauty
- Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900) — listed as Clyde Beauty
- Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865) — listed as Clyde Beauty
- Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903) — listed as Clyde Beauty
View original book sources (7)
— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)CLASS IV.— OBLONG APPLES. ORDER II.— IRREGULAR. SECTION 2.— SOUR. SUB-SECTION 2.— STRIPED.
Clyde Beauty.
" Origin, Wayne County, New York. Tree vigorous, upright, very productive.
" Fruit large, roundish, conic, angular ; Skin greenish,
Fig. 293.— CLYDE BEAUTY.
oily, sprinkled and mottled with dull red, and bright red in the sun ; Stem short, slender, inserted in an acute cavity ; Calyx closed, set in a small corrugated basin ; Flesh white, tender, juicy, with a brisk sub-acid flavor ; October to January." — [Downing.]
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Clyde Beauty. Mackie's Clyde Beauty. Raised by Mr. Mackie, Clyde, Wayne Co., N. Y. Tree vigorous, upright, very productive. Fruit large, roundish, conic, angular, greenish, oily, sprinkled and mottled with dull red and bright red in the sun. Stalk short, slender, inserted in an acute cavity. Calyx closed, set in a small corrugated basin. Flesh white, tender, juicy, brisk subacid. Good. October to January.
— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 2 (1905)CLYDE.
References. 1. Barry, 1851:283. 2. Elliott, 1854:127. 3. Downing, 1857:129. 4. Hoffy, N. A. Pomol., 1860. col. pl. 5. Warder, 1867:694. fig. 6. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1875:6. 7. Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1880:596. 8. Mo. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1884. 9. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:290. 10. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:236. 11. Thomas, 1897:259. 12. Budd-Hansen, 1903:65.
Synonyms. Clyde (3, 8, 9, 10). Clyde Beauty (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11). Clyde Beauty (12). Mackie's Clyde Beauty (2, 3, 4, 11).
A large, late fall apple. So far as we can learn it is now but little grown in this state. Lyon reports that in Michigan the tree is vigorous, upright, very productive, and the fruit desirable for market (9).
Historical. This is a late autumn variety which originated with Mr. Mackie, of Clyde, Wayne county (3, 4).
Tree.
Tree vigorous, spreading. Twigs reddish-brown.
Fruit.
Fruit large. Form roundish to oblong conic, more or less ribbed. Stem short, sometimes fleshy. Cavity acute, deep, rather wide, furrowed. Calyx small, closed. Basin medium in depth, somewhat abrupt, furrowed. Skin waxy, green or yellow, washed and mottled with dull red and striped with carmine becoming bright red on the exposed side. Core large and open. Seeds small, brown. Flesh white, often tender, juicy, sprightly, pleasant subacid, good to very good.
Season October to December.
— Granville Lowther (ed.), Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (1914)Clyde (Beauty): size large; form re; color green-red; quality good; use both kitchen and market; season winter. Northern Division reporting stations: 2 (the asterisk indicates this variety is reported as adapted to more than one of the three divisions of the American Pomological Society).
— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)Clyde Beauty.
Mackie's Clyde Beauty. *
From Clyde, N. Y. Productive. Fruit, large, roundish conical, slightly ribbed ; pale greenish yellow, striped and mottled with light red, deep crimson in the sun; stem, short, slender; cavity, deep; calyx, closed; basin, furrowed; flesh, white, fine-grained, juicy, sub-acid. October to December,
— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)Clyde Beauty. Large, roundish-conical, slightly ribbed; striped and mottled red on greenish yellow; stem short, slender, deep set; basin furrowed; flesh white, fine-grained, sub-acid, fair. Late autumn. Wayne County, N. Y.
— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)Clyde Beauty—Origin, Clyde, New York; tree vigorous, upright, very productive. Fruit large, roundish, conic, angular; surface greenish, oily, sprinkled and mottled with dull red and bright red in the sun; cavity acute; stem short, slender; basin small, corrugated; calyx closed; flesh white, tender, juicy, brisk subacid, good. October to January.