GOSPATRICK

Apple

GOSPATRICK

Origin/History Raised by Mr. Charles Ross in 1875 from Golden Reinette. Introduced by Messrs. Bunyard & Co., Maidstone.

Tree Growth moderate. Fertility fair. Leaves medium, long, narrow, pale, flat, with doubly serrate margins.

Fruit Size: Medium, 2½ by 2¼ inches Form: Rounded-oblong, irregular Skin: Pale greenish-yellow Flesh: Sweetish, firm, pale yellow, of no particular merit

Season Stores until March.

Uses Culinary.

Other Bunyard's assessment: "Not worthy of retention."

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)

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

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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.

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