Hunt

Apple

Hunt Apple

Origin/History

Supposed seedling origin in Eastern Indiana, attributed to Lewis Jones. Described by Warder (1867) and carried forward in Downing (1900), where the Downing entry cites Warder directly as its source.

Tree

Not described in source. Warder notes the variety is productive.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium, roundish-oblate, regular.

Stem: Medium length, slender.

Cavity: Wide, regular.

Calyx: Eye small, closed.

Basin: Rather wide, abrupt, folded.

Skin: Smooth. Ground color yellow, mixed and striped with bright red. Dots numerous, yellow.

Flesh and Flavor: Flesh yellow, breaking, fine-grained, juicy. Flavor sub-acid, aromatic. (Downing's condensed version omits "breaking" but otherwise agrees.) Quality good to very good.

Core and Seeds: Core small, roundish, flattened, closed, not meeting the eye. Seeds numerous, angular.

Season

December and January.

Uses

Table and market.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 2 period pomological works

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 3 catalogs (1900–1913) from Illinois

Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913

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Hunt.

Another of Lewis Jones' apples, supposed to be a seedling of Eastern Indiana ; productive. Fruit medium, roundish-oblate, regular ; Surface smooth, yellow, mixed, striped bright red ; Dots numerous, yellow. Basin rather wide, abrupt, folded ; Eye small, closed. Cavity wide, regular ; Stem medium, slender. Core small, roundish, flattened, closed, not meeting the eye ; Seeds numerous, angular ; Flesh yellow, breaking, fine-grained, juicy ; flavor sub-acid, aromatic ; Quality good to very good ; Use table, market ; Season December and January.

— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)

Hunt.

Supposed origin, Eastern Indiana.

Fruit medium, roundish oblate, yellow, mixed, striped, bright red, numerous yellow dots. Flesh yellow, fine-grained, juicy, subacid, aromatic. December, January. (Warder.)

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)