Doux d'Argent

Apple

Doux d'Argent

Origin/History Supposed French origin.

Tree Vigorous and productive. Young shoots straight and downy.

Fruit Medium, oblate, conical. Skin waxen yellow, bright red in the sun. Flesh white, firm, crisp, not very juicy, partially sweet. Stem, cavity, calyx, basin, core, and seeds not described in source.

Season December, January.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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Doux d'Argent.

Doux d'Angers. D'Eve. Ostogate.

Supposed French origin. Tree vigorous, productive, with straight, downy young shoots.

Fruit medium, oblate, conical, waxen yellow, bright red in the sun. Flesh white, firm, crisp, not very juicy, partially sweet. December, January.

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

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