Early Champagne
AppleEarly Champagne
Origin/History
Russia.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Below medium, roundish oblate.
Skin: Light yellow, almost or wholly covered with nearly solid dark crimson splashes and stripes, marbled and mixed.
Lenticels: Minute, white, obscure.
Cavity: Regular, acute, russeted.
Stem: Stout, medium to long.
Basin: Rather shallow, corrugated.
Calyx: Half open.
Flesh: White, subacid.
Core: Closed, meeting. Tube funnel-shaped, short and broad. Stamens median.
Season
July, early August.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)Early Champagne (No. 68)—Origin, Russia—Fruit below medium, roundish oblate; surface light yellow almost or wholly covered with nearly solid dark crimson splashes and stripes, marbled and mixed; dots minute, white, obscure; cavity regular, acute, russeted; stem stout, medium to long; basin rather shallow, corrugated; calyx half open. Core closed, meeting; tube funnel-shaped, short and broad; stamens median; flesh white, subacid. July, early August.