Ene's Winter Sweet
AppleEne's Winter Sweet
Origin/History
A southern apple introduced by J. S. Downer of Elkton, Kentucky. Warder (1867) notes it is "a southern fruit of some merit."
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium size. Warder describes the form as flat and regular; Downing describes it as oblate.
Stem: Medium length.
Cavity: Wide, wavy, brown.
Calyx: Large, open.
Basin: Abrupt, regular, leather-cracked.
Skin: Roughish and uneven. Color greenish-yellow, blushed (Downing specifies blushed in sun), and russeted.
Dots: Numerous, minute, russet-veined.
Flesh/Flavor: Yellow, fine-grained. Flavor very sweet and rich. Quality rated "quite good" (Warder) / "Good" (Downing).
Core/Seeds: Core round, closed, clasping. Seeds numerous, angular, and imperfect.
Season
December.
Uses
Table fruit.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Ene's Winter Sweet.
From J. S. Downer, Elkton, Kentucky ; a southern fruit of some merit.
Fruit medium, flat, regular ; Surface roughish, uneven, greenish-yellow, blushed and russeted ; Dots numerous, minute, russet veined.
Basin abrupt, regular, leather-cracked ; Eye large, open.
Cavity wide, wavy, brown ; Stem medium.
Core round, closed, clasping ; Seeds numerous, angular, imperfect ; Flesh yellow, fine grained ; Flavor very sweet, rich ; Quality quite good ; Use, table ; Season, December.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Ene's Winter Sweet.
A Southern Apple, introduced by J. S. Downer, Elkton, Ky.
Fruit medium, oblate, greenish yellow, blushed in sun, russeted, Flesh yellow, fine-grained, sweet. Good. December.
Ellsworth.