Haute Bonte
AppleHaute Bonte
Origin/History
William Coxe described Haute Bonte in his 1817 A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees as No. 118, placing it among his numbered apple entries. The variety was also under test at the Central Experimental Farm in Agassiz, British Columbia, having been planted there in the spring of 1895.
Tree
The Central Experimental Farm (1900) recorded Haute Bonte as a vigorous grower. No further tree characteristics are described in either source.
Fruit
Size: The two sources conflict. Coxe (1817) describes the size as middling; the Central Experimental Farm (1900) describes the fruit as small.
Form: Coxe describes a singular form, growing in ridges like a melon. The Central Experimental Farm describes the fruit as roundish and flat — no ribbing or ridging is mentioned in that account.
Stem: Not described in either source.
Cavity: Not described in either source.
Calyx: Not described in either source.
Basin: Not described in either source.
Skin: The two sources conflict. Coxe (1817) describes the skin as yellow. The Central Experimental Farm (1900) describes it as grayish russet.
Flesh/Flavor: Both sources agree the flesh is yellow. Coxe characterizes it as firm, rich, and sprightly, but without any uncommon excellence to recommend it. The Central Experimental Farm describes the flesh as juicy and pleasant, sub-acid, with quality rated medium.
Core/Seeds: Not described in either source.
Season
The two sources give slightly differing seasons. Coxe (1817) states the fruit ripens in October. The Central Experimental Farm (1900) gives the season as November.
Uses
Not described in either source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in either source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1900)
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
View original book sources (2)
— William Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)NO. 118. HAUTE BONTE.
An apple of singular form, growing in ridges like a Melon—the size is middling; the skin and flesh yellow, firm, rich, and sprightly; but without any uncommon excellence to recommend it—it ripens in October.
— Central Experimental Farm, Central Experimental Farm, Agassiz BC — Catalogue of Fruit Trees under Test (Bulletin No. 3, 1900) (1900)Planted Spring 1895, a vigorous grower. Fruit small, roundish, flat. Skin grayish russet. Flesh yellow, juicy, pleasant, sub-acid, quality medium. Season November.