Garfield
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Garfield
Origin and History
Origin unknown, probably central or northern Illinois.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Medium to large.
Form: Nearly round, slightly flattened, regular.
Skin: Smooth, brilliantly colored, with scarlet and crimson streaks and splashes over a yellow ground. Dots numerous, small, and gray.
Stem: Medium.
Cavity: Deep, narrow, slightly waved, russet.
Basin: Rather deep, abrupt, regular.
Eye: Closed.
Flesh and Flavor: Yellowish white, rather coarse-grained, firm. Flavor subacid; quality good.
Core and Seeds: Core wide, usually open, meeting the eye. Seeds plump and numerous.
Season
November to January in Northern Illinois.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 4 catalogs (1896–1913) from Illinois, New Jersey
- The Lovett Company , Little Silver , New Jersey — 1896
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913
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— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)Garfield. — Origin unknown, probably central or northern Illinois. Size medium to large; shape nearly round, slightly flattened, regular; surface smooth, brilliantly colored, with scarlet and crimson streaks and splashes over a yellow ground; dots numerous, small and gray; basin rather deep, abrupt, regular; eye closed; cavity deep, narrow, slightly waved, russet; stem medium. Core wide, usually open, meeting the eye; seeds plump and numerous; flesh yellowish white, rather coarse-grained, firm; flavor subacid; quality good. Season November to January in Northern Illinois. (H. E. Van Deman.)