Fairy
AppleFairy
Origin / History
Fairy is described as a new English dessert apple. The description appears in the Florist and Pomologist and is reproduced in A.J. Downing's The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900). It is thought to rival the celebrated Lady apple in size and color.
Tree
The tree is moderately vigorous and upright in habit. It is hardy and prolific.
Fruit
Size: Fruit small.
Form: Oblate, slightly conical.
Stem: Stalk of medium length, slender.
Cavity: Small, russety.
Calyx: Closed.
Basin: Small, plaited.
Skin: Lemon yellow, covered with bright lively crimson, shaded with streaks of a deeper tinge.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Deep yellow, firm, crisp, very juicy, with a rich brisk flavor and a fine delicate aroma.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
December, February.
Uses
A dessert apple. It is described as very handsome and of fine quality.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
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.)