Fall Butter
AppleFall Butter
Origin / History
Found in a seedling orchard of Eastern Indiana, and a distinct sort. Listed by Warder (1867) under the bracketed credit [L. Jones]. Warder notes that there are many apples with this name, but his "good friend" Lewis Jones thinks this is the only genuine kind, deserving the name from its adaptation to the making of apple butter. Downing (1900) says "There are dozens of this name" and gives Warder's description of the Indiana apple.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Large.
Form: Globular. Handsome (Warder).
Stem: Short.
Cavity: Deep, narrow, green.
Calyx: Eye medium, closed.
Basin: Regular, abrupt, brown.
Skin: Smooth, greenish yellow.
Dots: Minute, prominent.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh yellowish white, breaking, fine-grained, juicy. Flavor sweet. Quality best for table, baking and apple butter (Warder).
Core and seeds: Core medium, round, open, clasping. Seeds numerous, short, plump, dark.
Season
December and January.
Uses
Table, baking and apple butter, for all of which Warder rates the quality "best". Lewis Jones holds that it deserves the name Fall Butter from its adaptation to the making of apple butter.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Warder's heading carries an asterisk referring to page 670.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Fall Butter.— [L. Jones.] *
There are many apples with this name, but my good friend Lewis Jones thinks this is the only genuine kind, and deserving the name from its adaptation to the making of apple butter. Found in a seedling orchard of Eastern Indiana, and a distinct sort.
Fruit large, handsome, globular; Surface smooth, greenish-yellow; Dots minute, prominent.
Basin regular, abrupt, brown; Eye medium, closed.
Cavity deep, narrow, green; Stem short.
Core medium, round, open, clasping; Seeds numerous, short, plump, dark; Flesh yellowish-white, breaking, fine-grained, juicy; Flavor sweet; Quality best for table, baking and apple butter; Season, December and January.
- See page 670.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Fall Butter.
There are dozens of this name. Warder describes one from Indiana as:
Fruit large, globular, greenish yellow. Flesh yellowish white, juicy, sweet. December, January.