Early Pennock.

SHAKER YELLOW — HOMONY, of the South ?

Origin unknown. Tree thrifty, upright, early bearer, productive, not long-lived.

Fruit large, variable in form, being sometimes oval, and conical, averaging roundish — conic, regular, handsome, sometimes inclined in the axis; Surface smooth, yellow, partially covered with mixed and striped scarlet, splashed carmine — often the yellow prevails; Dots numerous, dark.

Fig. 216. — EARLY PENNOCK.

Basin shallow, plaited or regular; Eye small, closed.

Cavity deep, regular, brown; Stem medium or short.

Core long, tapering to both ends, partially open in some, clasping the eye; Seeds large, numerous, plump, dark; Flesh yellow, breaking, rather coarse; Flavor acid; Quality poor; Use, market and kitchen; Season, July and August.

— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)

Early Pennock.

Shakers' Yellow. Indian Queen. August Apple. New Jersey Red Streak. Warren Pennock. Harmony.

A very productive and favorite variety with many at the West.

Fruit large, roundish conic, ribbed, light yellow, splashed, mottled, and shaded with light red. Flesh whitish, a little coarse, subacid. Good. Core large. Last of August and September.

Tree hardy, an early and abundant bearer. The fruit, however, is only showy, and salable in market where a better quality of fruit is unknown.

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

EARLY PENNOCK.

REFERENCES. 1. Humrickhouse, Mag. Hort., 12:472. 1846. fig. 2. Cole, 1849:104. 3. Emmons, Nat. Hist. N. Y., 3:14. 1851. 4. Barry, 1851:332. 5. Hooper, 1857:33, 106, 109. 6. Gregg, 1857:36. 7. Downing, 1857:137. 8. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1862. 9. Warder, 1867:594. fig. 10. Fitz, 1872:145. 11. Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1875:49. 12. Thomas, 1875:191. 13. Downing, 1881:11 index, app. 14. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:238. 15. Budd-Hansen, 1903:74.

SYNONYMS. August Apple (7). EARLY PENNOCK (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15). Heicke's Summer Queen (13). Harmony (7, ? of the south, 9). Indian Queen (7). N. J. Red Streak (7). Shaker's Yellow (7, 9). Sleeper's Yellow (5). Warren Pennock (5, 7).

Fruit large, showy, yellow covered with mixed striped red, but often the yellow predominates. Flesh yellow, moderately juicy, subacid, coarse, suitable for culinary use but not esteemed for dessert; season August. Tree hardy, a biennial cropper and moderately productive. Not recommended for planting in New York.

Historical. Origin unknown. It was first brought to notice in Ohio more than fifty years ago (1) where it was widely disseminated from some of the nurseries of that state. At one time it was being planted to a limited extent in New York but it has been almost wholly discarded.

— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 2 (1905)

Early Pennock is large in size, form re, skin color fg, good in quality, suited for market use, and ripens in summer. It was reported by 2 stations in the Northern Division*, 10 stations in the Central Division*, and 2 stations in the Southern Division* of the American Pomological Society, where the asterisk indicates the variety is reported in more than one division.

— Granville Lowther (ed.), Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (1914)

Early Pennock. Shakers' Yellow, | August Apple, | Warren Pennock, Indian Queen ? | New Jersey Red Streak ? | Harmony.

This is probably an old Eastern variety, so changed by our Western soils as not to be recognized. It was distributed West from Harrison or Belmont counties, Ohio. Trees, thrifty, hardy, early, prolific bearers of fruit, rather below second-rate quality. Fruit, large, roundish, tapering to the eye, greenish yellow, blotched and streaked with lively red ; stem, long ; cavity, deep, irregular ; flesh, yellowish white, juicy, sub-acid. August. Resembles, but is distinct from, Summer Queen.

— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)

Early Pennock.

Fruit large, roundish, conical; striped bright red on greenish yellow; stem long; cavity deep; irregular; flesh yellowish white, rather coarse, sub-acid, of rather poor quality. Esteemed at the West for its hardiness and productiveness. August and September.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

Early Pennock.—Of American origin; tree hardy, an early and abundant bearer; a favorite, showy market apple in parts of the West.

Fruit large, roundish conical, tapering sharply, ribbed, sometimes inclined; surface golden yellow mostly covered with bright red, striped, splashed, and mottled with rosy crimson, a handsome fruit; dots obscure, many, minute, white; cavity deep, regular, narrow, acuminate, with a little stellate russet; stem short or medium; basin very shallow, narrow, slightly wrinkled; calyx closed; segments erect convergent. Core open, long, tapering to both ends; cells elliptical; tube conical; stamens median; seeds large, many, plump; flesh yellow, coarse grained, subacid, scarcely good. July and August.

— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)