HIGH CANONS

Apple

HIGH CANONS

Origin / History

HIGH CANONS was raised by Mr. Thrower, of High Canons, Barnet, and introduced by Messrs. G. Bunyard & Co., about 1887. It is recorded in the Gardeners' Chronicle, 1907, p. 113. The variety is described by E.A. Bunyard in A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920).

Tree

Growth moderate; moderately fertile.

Fruit

Size: Medium, 3 by 2¼.

Form: Flat, conical, irregular.

Stem: Short and stout.

Cavity: Shallow, strongly russet.

Calyx: Closed.

Basin: Shallow, wrinkled.

Skin: Pale yellow ground color with a faint red flush and spots.

Dots: Not described in source.

Flesh and flavor: Extremely crisp, pale yellow, acid.

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Culinary, till April.

Uses

Culinary. A good apple of the Wellington style, cooking well.

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 1 catalog (1901) from Illinois

Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901

View original book sources (1)

HIGH CANONS. Gard. Chron., 1907, p. 113. Culinary, till April, medium, 3 by 2¼, flat, conical, irregular. Colour, pale yellow with faint red flush and spots. Flesh, extremely crisp, pale yellow, acid. Eye, closed, in a shallow wrinkled basin. Stem, short and stout in a shallow, strongly russet cavity. Growth, moderate; moderately fertile. Origin, raised by Mr. Thrower, of High Canons, Barnet, and introduced by Messrs. G. Bunyard & Co., about 1887. A good apple of the Wellington style, cooking well.

— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)