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Origin/History
Origin unknown; the source does not record where this summer apple was produced or how it received its peculiar name. Specimens were received from H. N. Gillett, Lawrence Co., Ohio. Downing's 1900 entry cites Warder directly and adds no independent information.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Large, oblate, regular or slightly angular.
Stem: Long.
Cavity: Wide, folded, green.
Calyx: Eye medium, closed.
Basin: Wide, abrupt, wavy.
Skin: Pale yellow. Dots numerous, dark, and prominent.
Flesh and Flavor: Flesh yellow, fine grained, breaking. Flavor sweet. Quality good to very good.
Core and Seeds: Core very wide, flat, open, clasping the eye.
Season
August.
Uses
Table and baking.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Hay Boys.
I do not know where this summer apple was produced, or christened with its peculiar cognomen; Specimens received from H. N. Gillett, Lawrence Co., Ohio.
Fruit large, oblate, regular or slightly angular; Surface pale yellow; Dots numerous, dark, prominent.
Basin wide, abrupt, wavy; Eye medium, closed.
Cavity wide, folded, green; Stem long.
Core very wide, flat, open, clasping the eye; Flesh yellow, fine grained, breaking; Flavor sweet; Quality good, to very good; Use, table and baking; Season, August.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Hay Boys.
Fruit large, oblate, pale yellow. Flesh yellow, breaking, sweet. Good to very good. August. (Warder.)