Hull Blossom
AppleHull Blossom
Origin/History
Warder (1867) describes this as an Eastern or European variety, with specimens from Massachusetts. Downing (1900) lists the origin as unknown.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Sources conflict — Warder describes the fruit as small; Downing describes it as medium.
Form: Sources partially conflict — Warder describes the form as roundish-truncate or flattened, and uneven; Downing describes it as roundish and slightly conic.
Stem: Short (Warder).
Cavity: Deep, wavy (Warder).
Calyx/Eye: Eye small, closed (Warder).
Basin: Shallow, folded (Warder).
Skin: Surface smooth (Warder). Ground color pale yellow, much shaded, splashed and striped with red (Downing); Warder describes the surface as yellow, mixed and striped with carmine. Dots large and yellow (Warder); Downing notes many light dots.
Flesh/Flavor: Sources conflict on flesh color — Warder describes the flesh as yellow and fine-grained; Downing describes it as whitish. Both sources agree the flavor is sweet. Downing further describes the flesh as tender, juicy, and pleasant.
Core/Seeds: Core small, closed, roundish, meeting the eye. Seeds large, pale (Warder).
Quality: Warder rates quality as good to very good; Downing rates it simply as good.
Season
Sources conflict slightly — Warder gives November; Downing gives October.
Uses
Table and kitchen (Warder).
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Hull Blossom.
This is an Eastern or European variety, which I have not seen in the West. Specimens from Massachusetts.
Fruit small, roundish-truncate, or flattened, uneven; Surface smooth, yellow, mixed and striped, carmine; Dots large, yellow.
Basin shallow, folded; Eye small, closed.
Cavity deep, wavy; Stem short.
Core small, closed, roundish, meeting the eye; Seeds large, pale; Flesh yellow, fine-grained; Flavor sweet; Quality good to very good; Use, table, kitchen; Season, November.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Hull Blossom.
Origin unknown.
Fruit medium, roundish, slightly conic, pale yellow, much shaded, splashed and striped with red, many light dots. Flesh whitish, tender, juicy, pleasant, sweet. Good. October.