HOUBLON
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
HOUBLON
Origin and History
HOUBLON was raised by Mr. Charles Ross and introduced in 1901. The variety was first published in the Gardeners' Chronicle, 1902, p. 11.
Tree
Growth is moderate; fertility is moderate. Leaves are roundish, rather dark, flat, a little undulating, with margins that are crenate or shallow serrate, and somewhat variable in form.
Fruit
Form and Size
HOUBLON is a small to medium fruit, measuring 2¼ by 1⅞, flattened, round, and very regular.
Skin
The skin is orange-yellow with dark crimson stripes and russet veinings.
Flesh and Flavor
The flesh is firm and yellow, of good flavour.
Stem and Cavity
The stem is long and thin, in a moderately russet cavity.
Calyx and Basin
The eye is closed, in a very shallow basin.
Core and Seeds
Not described in source.
Season
December to January.
Uses
Dessert.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Other
An attractive fruit very nearly first-class in flavour.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)HOUBLON. Gard. Chron., 1902, p. 11. Dessert, December to January, small to medium, 2¼ by 1⅞, flattened, round, very regular. Colour, orange-yellow with dark crimson stripes and russet veinings. Flesh, firm, yellow, of good flavour. Eye, closed, in a very shallow basin. Stem, long and thin in a moderately russet cavity. Growth, moderate; fertility moderate. Leaf, roundish, rather dark, flat, a little undulating, crenate or shallow serrate, variable. Origin, raised by Mr. Charles Ross, and introduced in 1901. An attractive fruit very nearly first-class in flavour.