Hewitt's Sweet

Hewitt's Sweet

Source: A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900 revised edition)

Fruit

Size and Form: Large, oblate

Skin: Yellow, splashed with red

Flesh: Whitish, sweet, tender and pleasant

Flavor & Quality: Sweet. Rated "Good"

Season

October, November

Tree

Productive

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Editorial Note

This Downing description is minimal by modern standards and omits the detailed botanical descriptions that characterize many period apple varieties (specific measurements, cavity and calyx details, lenticels, seeds, core characteristics, tree growth habit and bark texture). No origin history, harvest date specificity, or storage behavior is recorded. Only the essential fruit morphology, color, and flavor are provided. This sparse account suggests either that Hewitt's Sweet was a secondary variety in Downing's catalog, or that detailed field notes were not preserved for this entry.