Clyde Beauty
Apple
Origin & History
Raised by Mr. Mackie of Clyde, Wayne County, New York. Warder (1867) classifies it among the Oblong Apples, Irregular, Sour, Striped.
Tree
Vigorous, upright, very productive.
Fruit
Size: Large.
Form: Roundish, conic. Downing and Warder describe it as angular; Elliott and Thomas describe it as slightly ribbed.
Skin: Ground color greenish and oily according to Downing; pale greenish yellow according to Elliott. Sprinkled and mottled with dull red, and bright red in the sun (Downing). Elliott describes it as striped and mottled with light red, deep crimson in the sun. Thomas describes it as striped and mottled red on greenish yellow.
Stem: Short, slender, inserted in an acute cavity (Downing). Elliott describes the cavity as deep. Thomas describes the stem as deep set.
Calyx: Closed, set in a small corrugated basin (Downing). Elliott and Thomas describe the basin as furrowed.
Flesh & Flavor: White, sub-acid. Downing describes the flesh as tender, juicy, with a brisk sub-acid flavor. Elliott describes it as fine-grained, juicy, sub-acid. Thomas describes it as fine-grained, sub-acid.
Quality: Rated Good by Downing; rated fair by Thomas.
Core & Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
October to January (Downing). October to December (Elliott). Late autumn (Thomas).
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes & Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 4 period pomological works
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— 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.
— 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.