Honey Sweet
AppleHoney Sweet
Origin / History
Origin unknown. The name Honey Sweet is a popular application for any good sweet apple, and a number of sorts are grown under it. The variety described in the source was found by A.J. Downing to be more generally grown than any other sort under the name, and for that reason he applied the name to it. The description is taken from A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900).
Tree
Tree very upright and vigorous. Young shoots light reddish brown.
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: Roundish oblate, inclining to conic.
Stem: Rather long.
Cavity: Large, russeted.
Calyx: Closed.
Basin: Corrugated.
Skin: Pale yellow ground color, bronzed, and crimson in the sun.
Dots: A few green and gray dots.
Flesh and flavor: White, moderately juicy, rather compact, honeyed sweet. Good.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Ripens in August.
Uses
Valuable for baking or stock.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 2 catalogs (1901–1913) from Illinois
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913
View original book sources (1)
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Honey Sweet.
Origin unknown. There are a number of sorts under name of Honey Sweet, it being a popular application for every good sweet apple. The one we now describe, however, we have found more generally grown than any other, and therefore our application of the name to it.
Tree very upright, vigorous. Young shoots light reddish brown.
Fruit medium, roundish oblate, inclining to conic, pale yellow, bronzed, crimson in the sun, with a few green and gray dots. Stalk rather long. Cavity large, russeted. Calyx closed. Basin corrugated. Flesh white, moderately juicy, rather compact, honeyed sweet. Good. Valuable for baking or stock. August.