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Apple

Origin and History

Sussex County, England.

Tree

Strong, stocky, short-jointed growth habit, forming a spreading open head. Productive.

Fruit

Size and Form: Small to medium, roundish oblate with obscure ribs.

Skin: Whitish yellow ground, overspread, shaded, splashed, striped, and mottled with red.

Flesh and Flavor: Yellowish white, tender, juicy, pleasant, subacid. Very good quality.

Season

October through December.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 2 catalogs (1911–1913) from England, Illinois

James Veitch & Sons , Ltd., Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, London (also Coombe Wood, Langley, and Feltham) , England — 1911
Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913

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Origin, Sussex Co., England. Tree strong, stocky, short-jointed, forming a spreading open head, productive.

Fruit small to medium, roundish oblate, obscurely ribbed, whitish yellow, overspread, shaded, splashed, striped, and mottled with red. Flesh yellowish white, tender, juicy, pleasant, subacid. Very good. October, December.

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

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