Honey Sweet
AppleOrigin and History
Origin unknown. The name "Honey Sweet" is a popular application for good sweet apples generally; however, this variety is the one most commonly grown and is therefore the one to which we apply the name.
Tree
Very upright, vigorous. Young shoots light reddish brown.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium, roundish oblate, inclining to conic.
Skin: Pale yellow, bronzed, crimson in the sun, with a few green and gray dots.
Stem: Rather long.
Cavity: Large, russeted.
Calyx: Closed.
Basin: Corrugated.
Flesh and Flavor: White, moderately juicy, rather compact, honeyed sweet. Good.
Core and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
August.
Uses
Valuable for baking or stock.
Subtypes and 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.