Gros Faros

Apple

Gros Faros

Origin/History Not described in source.

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Medium

Form: Oblate, roundish

Skin: Yellow, with considerable red in the sun

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Flesh and Flavor: Greenish white, juicy, sweet subacid

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season December, January

Uses Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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Gros Faros.

Faros.

Fruit medium, oblate, roundish, yellow, with considerable red in the sun. Flesh greenish white, juicy, sweet subacid. December, January.

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

Faros