Golden Burr

Apple

Golden Burr

Origin / History

Origin uncertain (Bunyard). Downing lists Golden Burr with the name Burr Knot. Bunyard's entry is headed Burr Knot and cites Ronalds, p. 39. Downing reports Ronalds as describing it as a variety easily grown from cuttings, because of the knots or joints on the shoots. Bunyard states that the name Burr Knot has been applied to many different fruits on account of the knots on branches, from which roots are easily emitted. Bunyard holds it quite distinct from the Oslin, which is also called Burr Knot. Now rarely met with, save in old orchards (Bunyard).

Tree

Growth moderate, compact; fertile. Shoots knotted or jointed; roots are easily emitted from the knots, and the variety is easily grown from cuttings. Leaf small, oval, broadly serrate.

Fruit

Size: Large; 3½ by 3 (Bunyard).

Form: Roundish to round, conical, irregular.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Yellow to golden-yellow, with a flush of faint red, in the sun (Downing).

Dots: Not described in source.

Flesh and flavor: Flesh yellow, tender, acid.

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

October to December. Bunyard places it in October to November, Downing in November and December.

Uses

Culinary; useful for kitchen.

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 2 period pomological works

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)
Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920) — listed as Burr Knot

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Golden Burr.

Burr Knot.

Ronalds describes this as a variety easily grown from cuttings, because of the knots or joints on the shoots.

A large apple, roundish, yellow, with flush of faint red in the sun. Useful for kitchen. November, December.

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

BURR KNOT. Ronalds, p. 39. (Bide's Walking Stick.) Culinary, October to November, large, 3½ by 3, round, conical, irregular. Colour, golden-yellow, faint red flush. Flesh tender, yellow, acid. Growth moderate, compact; fertile. Leaf, small, oval, broadly serrate. Origin, uncertain. This name has been applied to many different fruits on account of the knots on branches, from which roots are easily emitted. Now rarely met with, save in old orchards. This is quite distinct from the Oslin, also called Burr Knot.

Burr Knot: see Oslin.

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

Bide's Walking Stick Bur-Knot Burr Knot Oslin