Goode (Goode's No. 10)

Apple

USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection

Goode (Goode's No. 10)

Origin/History

Originated by Mrs. Goode. Introduced by Abner Branson, New Sharon, Iowa, about 1895.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium to large, roundish, regular; axis inclined.

Skin: Smooth surface; rich yellow with a bronze or dull red blush. Dots minute and dark.

Stem: Short, stout.

Cavity: Deep, acute, regular; russet.

Basin: Wide, shallow, wavy.

Calyx: Open.

Core: Medium, closed.

Flesh: Yellowish, fine grained, firm.

Flavor: Mild, rich, pleasant subacid; good to very good.

Season/Storage

Late winter; keeps until July or August.

Tree

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 2 catalogs (1900–1913) from Illinois

Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900 — listed as Goode
Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913 — listed as Goode

View original book sources (1)

Goode (Goode's No. 10)—Originated by Mrs. Goode. Introduced by Abner Branson, New Sharon, Iowa, about 1895—Fruit medium to large, roundish, regular, axis inclined; surface smooth, a rich yellow, with a bronze or dull red blush; dots minute, dark; cavity deep, acute, regular, russet; stem short, stout; basin wide, shallow, wavy; calyx open. Core medium, closed; flesh yellowish, fine grained, firm, flavor mild, rich, pleasant subacid, good to very good. Late winter, and keeping until July or August.

— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)

Goode's No. 10