Crow Nest
Apple
Crow Nest
Origin / History
Originated at Kelley's Island, Ohio, in the orchard of Chas. Carpenter. Warder (1867) lists it as "Crownest"; Downing (1900) repeats Warder's account, citing him.
Tree
Tree vigorous, thrifty, brushy, productive.
Fruit
Size: Full medium.
Form: Round, truncated or flattened, often unequal and inclined.
Stem: Short, curved, fleshy.
Cavity: Irregular, lipped.
Calyx: Eye large, open.
Basin: Regular, wide.
Skin: Surface greenish yellow, thinly covered with russet.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh green, tender, breaking. Flavor subacid. Quality "only good for culinary uses" (Warder).
Core and seeds: Core round, regular, closed, meeting the eye. Seeds long, pointed, angular.
Season
November to January.
Uses
Culinary; Warder rates the quality "only good for culinary uses."
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)Crownest.
Originated at Kelley's Island, Ohio, in the orchard of Chas. Carpenter.
Tree vigorous, thrifty, brushy, productive.
Fruit full medium, round, truncated or flattened, often unequal and inclined; Surface greenish yellow, thinly covered with russet.
Basin regular, wide; Eye large, open.
Cavity irregular, lipped; Stem short, curved, fleshy.
Core round, regular, closed, meeting the eye; Seeds long, pointed, angular; Flesh green, tender, breaking; Flavor sub-acid; Quality only good for culinary uses; Season, November to January.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Crow Nest.
Originated at Kelley's Island, O., in the orchard of Chas. Carpenter. Tree vigorous, productive.
Fruit full medium, round, truncated, greenish yellow, thinly covered with russet. Flesh green, tender, breaking, subacid, only good for cooking. November to January. (Warder.)