Duling
AppleDuling Apple
Alternate Names: Duling's Sweet
Origin and History
Originated with Edmund Duling in Linton Township, Coshocton County, Ohio. The variety emerged in the mid-nineteenth-century Ohio growing region.
Tree
The tree is healthy and vigorous with a rather spreading habit. It begins to bear fruit quite early and is a regular bearer, producing some seasons very heavy crops. Young shoots are grayish brown in color and smooth in texture.
Fruit
Form and Size: Roundish, inclining to conic, with regular form.
Skin: Yellow ground color, shaded, striped, and splashed with deep rich red nearly covering the whole surface. The red splashes sometimes appear in broad bands. The shaded side shows pale red coloring.
Stalk: Of medium length, slender, and curved.
Cavity: Rather narrow and deep.
Calyx: Closed.
Basin: Medium size, regular in form.
Flesh: Whitish, tender, juicy, and very good in quality.
Flavor and Character: Pleasant, mild subacid, almost sweet—indicating a late-summer apple of notably mild character with sweet tendencies.
Core: Small.
Season
Middle of August to middle of September.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Duling. Duling's Sweet.
Originated with Edmund Duling, Linton Township, Coshocton Co., Ohio. Tree healthy, vigorous, rather spreading; begins to bear quite early; a regular bearer, some seasons very heavy crops; young shoots, grayish brown, smooth.
Fruit roundish, inclining to conic, regular; skin yellow, shaded, striped and splashed with deep rich red nearly over the whole surface — the splashes sometimes in broad bands, — pale red in the shade; stalk of medium length, slender, curved; cavity rather narrow, deep; calyx closed; basin medium, regular; flesh whitish, tender, juicy, pleasant, mild subacid, almost sweet; very good; core small. Middle of August to middle of September.