Cropsey's Favorite
AppleCropsey's Favorite
Origin/History
Originated with D. W. Cropsey, Plainfield, Will County, Illinois. Downing's 1900 entry cites Warder as its source, making Warder (1867) the primary record.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Full medium, globular in character but appearing oblong; regular in outline.
Stem: Short to medium.
Cavity: Deep, acute, wavy; green.
Calyx: Medium, closed.
Basin: Medium, regular; russeted.
Skin: Smooth; ground color yellow, mixed and splashed with carmine.
Dots: Few.
Flesh and Flavor: Flesh yellow, breaking, fine-grained, juicy. Flavor sub-acid, rich. Quality good to very good.
Core and Seeds: Core roundish, heart-shaped, closed, meeting the eye. Seeds medium, angular.
Season
December.
Uses
Table and kitchen.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Cropsey's Favorite.
Originated with D. W. Cropsey, Plainfield, Will County, Illinois.
Fruit full medium, globular, looking oblong, regular; Surface smooth, yellow, mixed, splashed carmine; Dots few.
Basin medium, regular, russet; Eye medium, closed.
Cavity deep, acute, wavy, green; Stem short to medium.
Core roundish, heart-shaped, closed, meeting the eye; Seeds medium, angular; Flesh yellow, breaking, fine-grained, juicy; Flavor sub-acid, rich; Quality good to very good; Use, table, kitchen; Season, December.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Cropsey's Favorite.
Originated with D. W. Cropsey, Plainfield, Will Co., Ill.
Fruit full medium, roundish, yellow, mixed and splashed with carmine. Flesh yellow, breaking, fine-grained, juicy, subacid. December. (Warder.)