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Early Wax

Apple

Early Wax

Origin/History

An English variety. Recorded by A.J. Downing in 1900.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Below medium.

Form: Oblong, roundish, somewhat ribbed.

Skin: Waxen yellow.

Flesh/Flavor: Yellowish white, tender, soft, sweet.

Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Core, Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

August.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Known also as Wax Apple. Description attributed to Hogg.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Early Wax. Wax Apple. An English variety. Fruit below medium, oblong, roundish, somewhat ribbed, waxen yellow. Flesh yellowish white, tender, soft, sweet. August. (Hogg.)

A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)
Bell's Scarlet Dunkelroter East Lothian Seedling Ecarlate Ecarlatine Nonpareil Reinette Jaune Hätive Sämling aus Ecklinville Wax Apple Scarlet Pearmain