Green Crank
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Green Crank
Origin / History
Specimens of this southern apple were received by John A. Warder from Kentucky, Tenn., and also from Georgia. At the time of Warder's account the variety had not yet fruited under his observation.
Tree
Tree moderately thrifty. Shoots brown. Foliage small.
Fruit
Size: Medium to large.
Form: Flattened somewhat, conical, regular.
Stem: Medium, green, thick.
Cavity: Wide, deep, acute, brown.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Medium, regular. Eye medium, closed.
Skin: Surface green to yellow, sometimes bronzed.
Dots: Small, gray.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh yellow, firm, fine grained, juicy. Flavor sub-acid, aromatic, rich. Quality good to very good.
Core and seeds: Core wide, medium, closed, not clasping the eye. Seeds numerous, plump, short, dark.
Season
Season December to March.
Uses
Use table, kitchen.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
USDA Nomenclature (1905)
From W.H. Ragan, Nomenclature of the Apple, USDA Bulletin No. 56
Possibly identical with: Green Cheese
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 2 catalogs (1901–1913) from Illinois
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913
View original book sources (1)
— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Green Crank.
I have received this southern apple from Kentucky, Tenn., and also from Georgia, but have not yet fruited it. Tree moderately thrifty ; Shoots brown ; Foliage small. Fruit medium to large, flattened somewhat, conical, regular ; Surface green to yellow, sometimes bronzed ; dots small, gray. Basin medium, regular ; Eye medium, closed. Cavity wide, deep, acute, brown ; Stem medium, green, thick. Core wide, medium, closed, not clasping the eye ; seeds numerous, plump, short, dark ; Flesh yellow, firm, fine grained, juicy ; Flavor sub-acid, aromatic, rich ; Quality good to very good ; Use table, kitchen ; Season December to March.