Hepler

Apple

Hepler

Origin/History

Raised by Mr. Hepler, of Reading, Pennsylvania.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Medium.

Form: Downing describes the fruit as roundish. Thomas describes it as oblate conic. These two descriptions conflict and may reflect variation or different specimens.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Light yellow, shaded with dull red.

Flesh/Flavor: Flesh white, juicy, pleasant subacid. Quality rated Good (Downing).

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

December to April (Downing). Winter (Thomas).

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 2 period pomological works

USDA Nomenclature (1905)

From W.H. Ragan, Nomenclature of the Apple, USDA Bulletin No. 56

Possibly identical with: Hepler

View original book sources (2)

Hepler.

Raised by Mr. Hepler, of Reading, Pa.

Fruit medium, roundish. Color light yellow, shaded with dull red. Flesh white, juicy, pleasant subacid. Good. December to April.

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

Hepler. Medium, oblate conic, light yellow, shaded dull red; sub-acid. Winter. Pa.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

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