Cons
AppleCons
Origin/History
An old variety of uncertain origin, grown in Lancaster and York counties, Pennsylvania, where it is esteemed as a dessert apple.
Tree
Moderately vigorous, rather upright, very productive.
Fruit
Size & Form:
Quite small, roundish, slightly conic.
Skin:
Whitish, mottled and striped with rather dull red, sprinkled with a few light dots.
Stem & Cavity:
Stalk long, slender; cavity medium.
Calyx & Basin:
Calyx half closed; basin medium, corrugated.
Flesh & Flavor:
White, tender, juicy, mild, pleasant subacid. Quality: good to very good.
Core:
Medium.
Season
Ripe last of July and August.
Uses
Dessert apple.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Cons.
An old variety of uncertain origin, grown in Lancaster and York counties, Pa., where it is esteemed as a dessert apple. Tree moderately vigorous, rather upright, very productive.
Fruit quite small, roundish, slightly conic; skin whitish, mottled and striped with rather dull red, and sprinkled with a few light dots; stalk long, slender; cavity medium; calyx half closed; basin medium, corrugated; flesh white, tender, juicy, mild, pleasant subacid; good to very good; core medium. Ripe last of July and August.