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Gleason Sweet

Apple

Gleason Sweet

Fruit

Size & Form: Medium, roundish conical.

Skin Color: Yellow, shaded and splashed with crimson over most of the surface.

Flesh: White, tender, juicy.

Flavor: Scarcely sweet.

Core: Small.

Quality: Good.

Season

November.

Origin/History

Not described in source.

Tree

Not described in source.


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

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Gleason Sweet.

Fruit medium, roundish conical, yellow, shaded and splashed with crimson over most of the surface. Flesh white, tender, juicy, scarcely sweet. Good. Core small. November.

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