Hames' Seedling
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Hames' Seedling
Origin / History
Hames' Seedling was raised by Henry S. Hames of West Point, Georgia. It is said to be a valuable variety of its season for its locality, especially for the market and all kinds of culinary uses.
Tree
Tree a vigorous grower, upright, making a round head with age. An early and good bearer annually.
Fruit
Size: Large.
Form: Roundish, or roundish oblate.
Stem: Short, small. Stalk short, small.
Cavity: Rather large.
Calyx: Closed.
Basin: Medium, slightly corrugated.
Skin: Whitish, striped, splashed and mottled with light and dark red over most of the surface in well-colored specimens, purplish red where fully exposed.
Dots: Moderately sprinkled with yellowish and brown dots.
Flesh and flavor: White, half fine, rather firm, juicy. Brisk subacid. Quality good.
Core and seeds: Core medium.
Season
Ripens about the season of Red Astrachan. Ripens in Georgia from 15th of June to 15th of July.
Uses
Valued especially for the market and all kinds of culinary uses.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
- Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900) — listed as Hames
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 3 catalogs (1886–1913) from Alabama, Illinois
- Huntsville Wholesale Nurseries (Jessie S. Moss , Proprietor; W.F. Heikes, Manager), Huntsville , Alabama — 1886
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913
View original book sources (1)
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Hames.
A seedling raised by Henry S. Hames, West Point, Ga., and is said to be a valuable variety of its season for its locality, especially for the market and all kinds of culinary uses. Tree a vigorous grower, upright, making a round head with age; an early and good bearer annually, ripening about the season of Red Astrachan.
Fruit large, roundish, or roundish oblate; skin whitish, striped, splashed and mottled with light and dark red over most of the surface in well-colored specimens (purplish red where fully exposed), and moderately sprinkled with yellowish and brown dots; stalk short, small; cavity rather large; calyx closed; basin medium, slightly corrugated; flesh white, half fine, rather firm, juicy, brisk subacid; quality good; core medium. Ripens in Georgia from 15th of June to 15th of July.