FOSTER'S SEEDLING

Apple

FOSTER'S SEEDLING

Origin / History

FOSTER'S SEEDLING is a seedling raised at Maidstone. It was introduced by Messrs. G. Bunyard & Co. about 1893.

Tree

Growth dwarf. Fertility extraordinary. Leaf rather small, pea green, upcupped, undulating, irregularly crenate or serrate.

Fruit

Size: Medium, 2½ by 2.

Form: Flattened round, regular.

Stem: Very short, set in a wide cavity.

Cavity: Wide. The stem is very short in the cavity.

Calyx: Eye very large, wide open.

Basin: Broad and deep.

Skin: Golden-yellow ground color, with a deep brown flush and faint stripes.

Dots: Not described in source.

Flesh and flavor: Tender, pale yellow, very juicy and slightly acid.

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Culinary, November to March. Keeps longer than Cellini.

Uses

Culinary.

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Resembles Cellini.

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

View original book sources (1)

FOSTER'S SEEDLING. Culinary, November to March, medium, 2½ by 2, flattened round, regular. Colour, golden-yellow, with deep brown flush and faint stripes. Flesh, tender, pale yellow, very juicy and slightly acid. Eye, very large, wide open in a broad deep basin. Stem, very short in a wide cavity. Growth, dwarf; fertility, extraordinary. Leaf, rather small, pea green, upcupped, undulating, irregularly crenate or serrate. Origin, a seedling raised at Maidstone, and introduced by Messrs. G. Bunyard & Co., about 1893. Resembles Cellini, but keeps longer.

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