Hames' Seedling
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Hames' Seedling Apple
Origin/History
Seedling raised by Henry S. Hames, West Point, Georgia. 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 with upright form, making a round head with age. An early and good annual bearer. Ripens about the season of Red Astrachan.
Fruit
Form & Size: 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. Moderately sprinkled with yellowish and brown dots.
Stem: Short and small.
Cavity: Rather large.
Calyx: Closed.
Basin: Medium, slightly corrugated.
Flesh & Flavor: White, half fine, rather firm, juicy, brisk subacid. Quality good.
Core: Medium.
Season
Ripens in Georgia from 15th of June to 15th of July.
Uses
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.