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Fish's Seedling

Apple

Fish's Seedling

Origin/History

Keene, New Hampshire. Tree highly esteemed in its locality.

Tree

Vigorous and productive.

Fruit

Size: Medium

Form: Oblate, oblique

Skin: Deep red on the sunny side, indistinctly striped with darker red and yellow, and sprinkled with yellow dots

Flesh/Flavor: Greenish white, tender, melting, vinous, saccharine flavor. Quality: Good.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx/Basin: Not described in source.

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

October, November.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Fish's Seedling.

Origin, Keene, New Hampshire. Tree vigorous and productive, highly esteemed in its locality

Fruit medium, oblate, oblique, deep red on the sunny side, indistinctly striped with darker red and yellow, and sprinkled with yellow dots. Flesh greenish white, tender, melting, vinous, saccharine flavor. Good. October, November.

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