Fall Cheese

Apple

USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection

Origin/History

American variety. Recorded in historical sources as Gloucester Cheese and Summer Cheese.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Medium to large.

Form: Roundish.

Skin: Greenish yellow, with a flush of red on sun-exposed surfaces.

Flesh: Crisp, often mealy.

Season

September to November.

Uses

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)

USDA Nomenclature (1905)

From W.H. Ragan, Nomenclature of the Apple, USDA Bulletin No. 56

Possibly identical with: Mangum

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 4 catalogs (1906–1913) from Illinois, Missouri

Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co. , Louisiana , Missouri — 1906
Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co. , Louisiana , Missouri — 1910
Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co. , Louisiana , Missouri — 1911
Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913

View original book sources (1)

Fall Cheese. Gloucester Cheese, | Summer Cheese. American. Medium to large, roundish, greenish yellow, flush of red in sun ; flesh, crisp, often mealy. September to November.

— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)

Gloucester Cheese Summer Cheese Summer Cheese Summer King