Crow Nest
Apple
Crow Nest
Origin/History
Crow Nest originated at Kelley's Island, Ohio, in the orchard of Charles Carpenter. The variety is documented in Warder's American Pomology: Apples (1867), where it appears under the spelling "Crownest," and is also described in Downing's The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900), the latter citing Warder as its source.
Tree
The tree is vigorous, thrifty, brushy, and productive.
Fruit
Size and Form
Fruit is full medium in size, round, truncated or flattened, often unequal and inclined.
Stem
Stem is short, curved, and fleshy.
Cavity
Cavity is irregular and lipped.
Calyx
Eye large and open.
Basin
Basin is regular and wide.
Skin
Surface is greenish yellow, thinly covered with russet.
Flesh and Flavor
Flesh is green, tender, and breaking. Flavor is subacid. Quality is only good for culinary uses.
Core and Seeds
Core is round, regular, closed, and meeting the eye. Seeds are long, pointed, and angular.
Season
November to January.
Uses
Culinary only; not considered suitable for dessert use.
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.)