Fairy
AppleFairy
Origin and History
A new English dessert apple, spoken of as very handsome and of fine quality. It is thought will rival in size and color the celebrated Lady apple.
Tree
Moderately vigorous, upright, hardy, and prolific.
Fruit
Size: Small.
Form: Oblate, slightly conical.
Stem: Medium length, slender.
Skin: Lemon yellow, covered with bright lively crimson, shaded with streaks of a deeper tinge.
Cavity: Small, russety.
Calyx: Closed.
Basin: Small, plaited.
Flesh: Deep yellow, firm, crisp, very juicy, with a rich brisk flavor and a fine delicate aroma.
Season
December to February.
Uses
Dessert apple.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Source: A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900), cited in Florist and Pomologist
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
USDA Nomenclature (1905)
From W.H. Ragan, Nomenclature of the Apple, USDA Bulletin No. 56
From Florist and Pomologist.
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1911) from England
- James Veitch & Sons , Ltd., Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, London (also Coombe Wood, Langley, and Feltham) , England — 1911 — listed as The Fairy
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Fairy.
A new English dessert apple, which is spoken of as very handsome, and of fine quality, and it is thought will rival in size and color the celebrated Lady apple. Tree moderately vigorous, upright, hardy, and prolific.
Fruit small, oblate, slightly conical; skin lemon yellow, covered with bright lively crimson, shaded with streaks of a deeper tinge; stalk of medium length, slender; cavity small, russety; calyx closed; basin small, plaited; flesh deep yellow, firm, crisp, very juicy, with a rich brisk flavor, and a fine delicate aroma. December, February. (Florist and Pomologist.)