Flora
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Flora
Origin and History
A Southern apple variety.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium, oblate.
Skin: Yellowish, shaded, splashed, and mottled with crimson.
Flesh: Whitish, mild subacid.
Quality: Hardly good.
Season
August.
Tree
Not described in source.
Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Stem
Not described in source.
Core and Seeds
Not described in source.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1913) from Illinois
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913
View original book sources (1)
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Flora.
A Southern Apple.
Fruit medium, oblate, yellowish, shaded, splashed, and mottled with crimson. Flesh whitish, mild subacid. Hardly good. August.