Golay

Apple

Golay

Origin & History

This apple originated near Vevay, Indiana (Downing spells it "Yevay"), and is supposed to be a seedling of the Janet, which it somewhat resembles.

Fruit

Size: Medium.

Form: Oblate, somewhat conic, truncated, regular.

Skin: Smooth, yellow, mixed, striped with purplish-red. Dots minute, gray, scattered, indented.

Stem: Short.

Cavity: Wide, regular.

Calyx: Eye small, closed.

Basin: Wide, regular.

Flesh: Yellowish-white, breaking, tender, juicy.

Flavor: Rich sub-acid.

Core: Very small, pyriform, closed, clasping.

Seeds: Numerous, large, plump, brown.

Quality: Good to best.

Season & Use

January to May. Table apple.

Note: Downing's entry is explicitly attributed to Warder and is an abridged restatement of the same description, so the two sources are not independent. No conflicting details exist between them beyond the minor spelling variant "Vevay" (Warder) vs. "Yevay" (Downing) for the town of origin.

Book Sources

Described in 2 period pomological works

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Golay.

This fruit originated near Vevay, Indiana, and is supposed to be a seedling of the Janet, which it somewhat resembles.

Fruit medium, oblate, somewhat conic, truncated, regular; Surface smooth, yellow, mixed, striped, purplish-red; Dots minute, gray, scattered, indented.

Basin wide, regular; Eye small, closed.

Cavity wide, regular; Stem short.

Core very small, pyriform, closed, clasping; Seeds numerous, large, plump, brown; Flesh yellowish-white, breaking, tender, juicy; Flavor sub-acid, rich; Quality good to best; Use, table; Season, January to May.

— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)

Golay. Originated near Yevay, Indiana. Fruit medium, oblate, somewhat conic, truncated, yellow, mixed, striped with purplish red, dots minute, gray, scattered, indented. Flesh yellowish white, breaking tender, juicy, rich subacid. Good to best, January to May. (Warder.)

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