Duckett
AppleDuckett
Origin / History
Classed as a Southern fruit (Elliott; Downing; Thomas).
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Medium (Elliott); rather large (Downing; Thomas).
Form: Roundish flattened, oblate, or roundish-oblate; slightly ribbed (Thomas).
Stem: Slender (Elliott). Stalk short, deep set (Thomas).
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Small.
Basin: Deep (Elliott; Thomas).
Skin: Light waxen yellow, often with a red or crimson cheek; Thomas gives light greenish yellow.
Dots: Grayish.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh white, fine-grained, crisp, tender, juicy. Flavor mild, subacid, vinous, pleasant, aromatic. Quality "very good" (Elliott); "Good. Very good at the South" (Downing); "a good southern fruit" (Thomas).
Core and seeds: Core small (Elliott). Seeds not described.
Season
October to November in the South (Elliott; Downing); late autumn (Thomas).
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 3 period pomological works
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 2 catalogs (1901–1913) from Illinois
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913
View original book sources (3)
— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)Ducket.
Southern. Fruit, medium, roundish flattened, light waxen yellow, often a red cheek, grayish dots ; stem, slender ; calyx, small ; basin, deep ; flesh, white, crisp, juicy, tender, vinous; core, small; " very good." October to November.
[Additional entry in this volume: "Duckett", pp. 140–141]
Ducket.
Southern. Fruit, medium, roundish flattened, light waxen yellow, often a red cheek, grayish dots ; stem, slender ; calyx, small ; basin, deep ; flesh, white, crisp, juicy, tender, vinous; core, small; "very good." October to November.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Duckett.
A Southern fruit.
Fruit rather large, oblate, light waxen yellow, often with a crimson cheek. Flesh white, tender, juicy, pleasant, aromatic. Good. Very good at the South, where it is ripe October to November.
— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)Duckett. Rather large, roundish-oblate; light greenish yellow, slightly ribbed; stalk short, deep set; basin deep; flesh fine-grained, mild, sub-acid. Late autumn. A good southern fruit.