Fanny.

Originated near Strasburgh, Lancaster Co., Pa., on the farm formerly owned by Jacob Beam. Tree vigorous, spreading, very productive. Young wood dark grayish purple, two shades darker than Red Astrachan, and grayish.

Fruit large, roundish oblate, slightly conic, deep rich crimson red, moderately sprinkled with light dots. Stalk short, small. Cavity large, deep. Calyx closed. Segments short. Flesh white, a little stained next the skin, tender, juicy, pleasant subacid. Very good. Core small. August. A new Apple of great promise as a market sort.

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

Fanny.* Fruit large, roundish; skin deep crimson; flesh tender, sub-acid, very good. Season, August. Popular in the East. Pennsylvania.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

FANNY.

REFERENCES. 1. Downing, 1869:173. fig. 2. Thomas, 1875:499. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1877:8. 4. Barry, 1883:333. 5. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1887:93. 6. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:239. 7. Rural N. Y., 55:642, 706, 707. 1896. fig. 8. Ib., 56:292. 9. Budd-Hansen, 1903:83. fig.

SYNONYMS. None.

This is an attractive bright red fruit of good dessert quality. It begins to ripen about the first of September, and continues in season till late fall. The tree is quite vigorous, comes into bearing moderately early and is a reliable annual cropper. Some regard it as desirable for commercial planting (7, 8), but it has not proved so at this Station because it is somewhat deficient in size. On account of its beauty and excellent dessert quality it is worthy of being classed among the varieties desirable for the home orchard.

Historical. Originated with Dr. John K. Eshelman, Lancaster Co., Pa. (7). It has been as yet but little disseminated in New York.

TREE.

Tree moderately vigorous with moderately long, stout branches. Form flat, spreading, open. Twigs long, curved, moderately stout; internodes long. Bark brown tinged with olive-green, heavily streaked with scarf-skin; much pubescent. Lenticels quite numerous, medium size, round, not raised. Buds medium size, plump, obtuse, free, heavily pubescent.

FRUIT.

Fruit above medium to below medium size, pretty uniform in size and shape. Form roundish, slightly oblate varying to somewhat oblong or ovate, regular or slightly ribbed. Stem short to medium, slender. Cavity acute to nearly obtuse, medium in width and depth, sometimes russeted. Calyx small to medium, closed or partly open; lobes rather short, narrow, acute. Basin shallow to medium in depth, moderately wide, rather abrupt, usually furrowed. Skin thin, tender, smooth, clear yellow mostly overlaid with bright red indistinctly striped with carmine. Dots small, yellowish. Calyx tube rather wide, slightly funnel-form to conical with pistil point projecting into the base. Stamens median to marginal. Core below medium, somewhat abaxile; cells open; core lines clasping. Carpels broadly ovate to elliptical, slightly emarginate. Seeds medium to large, moderately wide, flat, plump, acute. Flesh whitish slightly tinged with yellow, moderately firm, fine, very tender, juicy, mild subacid, good to very good.

Season September to November or later.

— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 2 (1905)

Fanny. — Origin, Pennsylvania; tree vigorous, spreading, very productive.

Fruit above medium to large, roundish oblate, slightly conical; surface yellow, almost or wholly covered with deep rich crimson; dots few, yellow, obscure; cavity large, deep, rather wide; stem short, slender; basin medium, narrow, nearly smooth; calyx half open; segments short. Core small; flesh white, crisp, tender, slightly stained next skin, juicy, pleasant subacid; very good. August, September.

— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)

Fanny: size medium; form flat; color striped or splashed (red); quality very good; use both kitchen and market; season summer; Northern Division 1 (reported as adapted to more than one of the three divisions).

— Granville Lowther (ed.), Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (1914)

FANNY. The fruits of Fanny are beautiful and most excellent in quality, and the trees are very satisfactory; but the apples are so deficient in size and ripen over so long a period that the variety is of value only for the home orchard. Fanny originated at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with Dr. John K. Eshelman, previous to 1869, when Downing called attention to its merits.

Tree vigorous, flat, spreading, open, with long, stout branches. Fruit medium size, uniform in size and shape, round-oblate, oblong or ovate, regular or slightly ribbed; stem short, slender; cavity acute, medium in width and depth, sometimes russeted; calyx small, closed or partly open; lobes short, narrow, acute; basin shallow, wide, abrupt, furrowed; skin thin, tender, smooth, yellow overlaid with bright red indistinctly striped with carmine; dots small, yellow; calyx-tube wide, funnel-form with pistil point projecting into the base; stamens median; core below medium, abaxile; cells open; core-lines clasping; carpels broadly ovate, emarginate; seeds large, wide, flat, plump, acute; flesh yellow, firm, fine, very tender, juicy, mild subacid; good to very good; September to November or later.

— U.P. Hedrick, Cyclopedia of Hardy Fruits (1922)

An attractive bright red apple of good dessert quality—a good variety for the home orchard except far north. An upright, strong grower and annual bearer. NCS

— Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co., Stark Bros. Year Book (1910) (1910)