Fair Maid
AppleOrigin/History
From Pennsylvania.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
- Size: Rather large
- Form: Roundish oblate
- Skin: Striped with carmine
- Flesh/Flavor: Subacid
- Stem: Not described in source.
- Cavity: Not described in source.
- Calyx: Not described in source.
- Basin: Not described in source.
- Core/Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Not described in source.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Downing rates this variety as inferior, indicating poor quality.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Fair Maid. From Pennsylvania. Fruit rather large, roundish oblate, striped with carmine, subacid. Inferior.