Glendale
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Glendale Apple
Origin/History
Believed to have originated near Glendale, Hamilton County, Ohio. Warder obtained the variety from A. A. Mullet of that locality. Downing's 1900 account cites Warder directly on the origin.
Tree
Vigorous, thrifty, spreading, productive. Warder additionally describes a well-formed head.
Fruit
Size and Form: Large, roundish, somewhat conical.
Stem: Long.
Cavity: Medium, wavy, green.
Calyx: Small, closed.
Basin: Deep, abrupt.
Skin: Smooth. Ground color bright yellow (Downing: yellow). Striped and clouded with bright red. Dots small, russet.
Flesh/Flavor: Flesh yellowish, tender, juicy (Warder). Flavor very mild sub-acid, almost saccharine, rich (Warder); Downing describes it as mild, subacid, almost saccharine. Quality: good.
Core/Seeds: Core open. Seeds numerous, medium.
Season
September, October.
Uses
Table.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 2 catalogs (1901–1913) from Illinois
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913
View original book sources (2)
— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Glendale.
Believed to have originated near Glendale, Hamilton County, Ohio, where I obtained it from A. A. Mullet.
Tree vigorous, thrifty, spreading, well formed head, productive.
Fruit large, roundish, somewhat conical; Surface smooth, bright yellow, striped and clouded with bright red; Dots small, russet.
Basin deep, abrupt; Eye small, closed.
Cavity medium, wavy, green; Stem long.
Core open; Seeds numerous, medium; Flesh yellowish, tender, juicy; Flavor very mild sub-acid, almost saccharine, rich; Quality good; Use, table; Season, September, October.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Glendale. Warder says : "Believed to have originated near Glendale, Hamilton Co., Ohio." Tree vigorous, thrifty, spreading, productive. Fruit large, roundish, somewhat conical, yellow, striped and clouded with bright red, dots small, russet. Flesh yellowish, mild, subacid, almost saccharine. Good. September, October.