Gospatrick
AppleGOSPATRICK
Origin / History
GOSPATRICK was raised by Mr. Charles Ross, in 1875, from Golden Reinette. It was introduced by Messrs. Bunyard & Co., Maidstone. E.A. Bunyard described the variety in A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920), where it is classed as a culinary apple and judged "Not worthy of retention."
Tree
Growth, moderate; fertility, fair. Leaf, medium, long, narrow, pale, flat, doubly serrate.
Fruit
Size: Medium, 2½ by 2¼.
Form: Rounded-oblong, irregular.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Color, pale greenish-yellow.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh, sweetish, firm, pale yellow, of no particular merit.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Culinary, till March.
Uses
Culinary.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1900)
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
View original book sources (1)
— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)GOSPATRICK. Culinary, till March, medium, 2½ by 2¼, rounded-oblong, irregular. Colour, pale greenish-yellow. Flesh, sweetish, firm, pale yellow, of no particular merit. Growth, moderate; fertility, fair. Leaf, medium, long, narrow, pale, flat, doubly serrate. Origin, raised by Mr. Charles Ross, in 1875, from Golden Reinette, and introduced by Messrs. Bunyard & Co., Maidstone. Not worthy of retention.