Elgin Beauty

Origin / History

Originated at Elgin, Minn., by O. D. Rollins. Described by N.E. Hansen in A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902). Clarence Wedge of Albert Lea, Minn., commented on the variety in the same work: "A sister of Rollins Prolific and Rollins Pippin, all of which we regard as of very small value as practical varieties."

Tree

Tree quite hardy and prolific.

Fruit

Size: Small. Wedge gives the fruit as small to medium.

Form: Roundish, somewhat conical, irregular.

Stem: Short.

Cavity: Narrow, acute, russeted.

Calyx: Closed.

Basin: Wide, nearly flat, corrugated, with marked protuberances.

Skin: Surface yellow, thinly striped and splashed dull red, mixed on sunny side.

Dots: Whitish, minute, nearly invisible, with a few distinct russet dots.

Flesh and flavor: White, moderately juicy, sweet, good. Wedge describes the flavor as "a peculiar sickish subacid flavor," and the fruit as small to medium.

Core and seeds: Core open. Seeds six to nine, and one imperfect, plump.

Season

Early fall. Wedge states the variety is in season with Wealthy.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Hansen's description is the earliest entry cited here, and it is the source of the fruit description above. Wedge's remarks appear under Origin / History and Season, with the same wording preserved in the quotation.