Cornell's Favorite.

From Pennsylvania. Tree vigorous and productive.

Fruit medium, oblong, conical. Color waxen yellow, shaded and splashed with crimson. Stalk of medium length. Cavity rather large. Calyx closed, abrupt, corrugated. Flesh white, tender, crisp, juicy, with a pleasant subacid flavor. Core medium or large. Very good.

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

CORNELL.

REFERENCES. 1. Downing, 1857:131. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1862. 3. Warder, 1867:716. 4. Thomas, 1875:200. 5. Barry, 1883:337. 6. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:290. 7. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:237. 8. Van Deman, Rural N. Y., 61:671. 1902. fig. 9. Farrand, Mich. Sta. Bul., 205:44. 1903. 10. Budd-Hansen, 1903:67.

SYNONYMS. CORNELL (6, 8, 9). CORNELL FANCY (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7). Cornell Fancy (8). CORNELL Fancy (10). Cornell's Favourite (1).

Fruit usually of good medium size, sometimes large, waxen yellow and red, agreeable for dessert, in season from early September to November. The tree sometimes lacks vigor and productiveness (9).

Historical. Origin Pennsylvania (1). It is but little known in New York.

FRUIT.

Fruit above medium to large, uniform in size, somewhat variable in shape. Form roundish conic to oblate conic, often quite strongly ribbed, irregular; sides usually unequal. Stem medium to rather long and slender. Cavity moderately deep to deep, moderately wide, often compressed, sometimes lipped, sometimes russeted, with the russet extending beyond the cavity. Calyx below medium to rather large, closed or slightly open; lobes sometimes separated at the base, often upright, moderately acute. Basin deep, wide, rather abrupt, strongly furrowed, slightly wrinkled. Skin moderately thick, tough, smooth, clear pale waxen yellow, partly overspread with thin attractive pinkish-red, often quite regularly splashed and striped with bright carmine. Dots conspicuous, variable, often large, irregular, russet or areolar with russet center, varying to small, light colored and submerged. Prevailing effect handsome red striped over clear yellow.

Calyx tube rather large, rather short, conical. Stamens median.

Core below medium, variable, nearly axile to decidedly abaxile; cells variable, open or closed; core lines meeting or slightly clasping. Carpels broadly ovate, slightly emarginate, sometimes tufted. Seeds numerous, rather large, dark brown, rather narrow, long, plump, acute to acuminate, sometimes tufted.

Flesh tinged with yellow, often affected with "Baldwin Spot," firm, moderately coarse, crisp, moderately tender, juicy, agreeable, mild subacid, aromatic, rich, sprightly, very good.

Season early September to November.

— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 2 (1905)

Cornell is a medium-sized apple of oblate form with yellow-red skin. Quality is good. Its use is both kitchen and market. Season is early autumn. It is reported by 2 stations in the Northern Division, 6 stations in the Central Division, and 2 stations in the Southern Division; the asterisk on each division count indicates the variety is reported as adapted to more than one division.

— Granville Lowther (ed.), Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (1914)

Cornell's Fancy. Cornell's Favorite. From Pennsylvania. Tree, vigorous and productive. Fruit, medium, oblong conical; skin, waxen yellow, shaded and splashed with crimson, stalk, of medium length; cavity, rather large; calyx, closed, abrupt, corrugated: flesh, white, tender, crisp, juicy, with a pleasant, sub-acid flavor. September. (Downing.)

— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)

Cornell. (Cornell's Fancy.) Medium, oblong conic; shaded and splashed red on yellow; stalk medium, cavity large; basin abrupt, furrowed; flesh white, tender, with a pleasant sub-acid flavor. September. Originated and valued in central Pennsylvania.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

Cornell Fancy.—Origin, Pennsylvania; tree vigorous and productive. A valuable September variety in Central Pennsylvania.

Fruit medium, oblong, conical; surface waxen, yellow, shaded and splashed with crimson; cavity rather large; stem medium; basin abrupt, corrugated; calyx closed. Core medium to large; flesh white, tender, crisp, juicy with a pleasant subacid flavor, very good.

— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)

Cornell. Received from N. Y. State Fruit Test. Assoc., Geneva, N.Y. McIntosh type. Solid red color. Limb sport on a McIntosh. Station numbers: AP-H-383; N5855; 130. Reporting stations: Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York (NyG); Graham Horticultural Experiment Station, Grand Rapids, Michigan (MiG); Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Maine, Orono, Maine (MeO); Agricultural Research Service, Irrigation Experiment Station, Prosser, Washington (WaP); Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus, St. Paul, Minnesota (MnS); Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont (VtB); Agricultural Experiment Station, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania (PaU).

— H.H. Fisher (USDA ARS), A Survey of Apple Clones in the United States (1963)