Evagil

Apple

Evagil

Origin/History Found at Thielt by Dr. Vander Espt and introduced in 1863 by Van Houtte & Sons.

Tree Growth moderate. Fertility poor. Leaf small, roundish, sharply pointed, sharply curved serrate.

Fruit Size & Form: Medium, 2½ by 2 inches, flat with even surface.

Color: Even golden-yellow.

Flesh: Pale yellow, rather hard and dry.

Calyx/Basin: Eye open in a shallow, wide basin.

Stem/Cavity: Very short stem in a very narrow, deep cavity.

Core & Seeds: Not described in source.

Season September to October.

Uses Dessert or culinary. Not worthy of cultivation.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 1 catalog (1900)

Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900

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EVAGIL. Dessert or culinary, September to October, medium, 2½ by 2, flat, even. Colour, an even golden-yellow. Flesh, pale yellow, rather hard and dry. Eye, open in a shallow wide basin. Stem, very short in a very narrow deep cavity. Growth, moderate; fertility, poor. Leaf, small, roundish, sharply pointed, sharply curved serrate. Origin, found at Thielt by Dr. Vander Espt, and introduced in 1863, by Van Houtte & Sons. Not worthy of cultivation.

— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)

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