FARMER'S SEEDLING

Apple

Origin Unknown. Bunyard notes the general appearance is that of a late Allington Pippin.

Tree Leaf: Large, long oval, boldly crenate, upward folded.

Fruit

Size: Large

Form: Round, slightly conical, fairly regular

Skin: Yellowish-green with brick-red flush and faint stripes

Stem: Fairly long, stout, and woolly

Cavity: Deep, russet

Calyx/Basin: Eye closed; long segment tips reflexed in a wide, boldly ribbed basin

Flesh: Greenish-white, firm, acid

Core/Seeds: Not described in source

Season Through May.

Uses Culinary.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Other Bunyard notes: "Not worthy of retention."

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 2 catalogs (1900) from England

George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1900
Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900

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FARMER'S SEEDLING. Culinary, till May, large, round, slightly conical, fairly regular. Colour, yellowish-green, with brick-red flush and faint stripes. Flesh, greenish-white, firm, acid. Eye, closed, the long segment tips reflexed in a wide boldly ribbed basin. Stem, fairly long, stout and woolly, in a deep russet cavity. Leaf, large, long oval, boldly crenate, upward folded. Origin, unknown. Not worthy of retention. The appearance generally is that of a late Allington Pippin.

— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)