Gros Vert

Apple

Gros Vert

Origin/History Of foreign origin.

Tree Vigorous, spreading, and productive.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium, oblate.

Skin: Greenish yellow, covered with a few rather obscure green and grayish dots.

Stem: Rather short, moderately stout.

Cavity: Quite large, russet.

Calyx: Closed.

Basin: Medium, slightly corrugated.

Flesh and Flavor: Pale yellow, half fine, tender, juicy, pleasant subacid. Quality: Good to very good.

Core and Seeds: Core small.

Season January through March.

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 Vert.

Large Green.

Of foreign origin. Tree vigorous, spreading, productive.

Fruit medium, oblate; skin greenish yellow, covered with a few rather obscure green and grayish dots; stalk rather short, moderately stout; cavity quite large, russet; calyx closed; basin medium, slightly corrugated; flesh pale yellow, half fine, tender, juicy, pleasant subacid. Good to very good; core small. January, March.

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

Large Green Rhode Island Greening