Father Abraham
Apple
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[William Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)] NO. 98. FATHER ABRAHAM.
This is a small apple of a flat form; the skin is red, with spots and blotches of red, with a little yellow; the texture very thin and tender—the flesh is tinged with red next to the skin—is white, breaking, and juicy; of an agreeable taste though not rich: it is an early winter table apple, and will keep till April. In Virginia, whence I procured it, it is much esteemed, and extensively propagated.
[F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)] Father Abraham.
From Virginia; considerably grown in Kentucky. We copy Coxe's description: "Small, flat, red, little yellow, spots and blotches of darker red; texture, thin, tender; flesh, white, tinged with red next the sun, juicy, agreeable. Early Winter. Keeps till April."
[John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)] Father Abraham. Small, flat, red; flesh white, pleasant. Keeps well. Va. and Ky.
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— William Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)NO. 98. FATHER ABRAHAM.
This is a small apple of a flat form; the skin is red, with spots and blotches of red, with a little yellow; the texture very thin and tender—the flesh is tinged with red next to the skin—is white, breaking, and juicy; of an agreeable taste though not rich: it is an early winter table apple, and will keep till April. In Virginia, whence I procured it, it is much esteemed, and extensively propagated.
— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)Father Abraham.
From Virginia; considerably grown in Kentucky. We copy Coxe's description: "Small, flat, red, little yellow, spots and blotches of darker red; texture, thin, tender; flesh, white, tinged with red next the sun, juicy, agreeable. Early Winter. Keeps till April."
— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)Father Abraham. Small, flat, red; flesh white, pleasant. Keeps well. Va. and Ky.