Indiana Beauty
Apple
Indiana Beauty
Origin/History
An Indiana seedling. Warder (1867) notes it "always attracts attention by its external appearance, but it is not destined to become a general favorite."
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Large.
Form: Oblong, unequal, with an inclined axis (Warder). The two sources diverge on overall outline: Warder describes the fruit as cylindrical oblong; Downing gives it as roundish oblong.
Stem: Medium.
Cavity: Acute, wavy.
Calyx: Medium to large, closed.
Basin: Deep, abrupt, folded.
Skin: Surface very smooth. Ground color yellow, partially covered with mixed scarlet, splashed carmine. Dots numerous, small.
Flesh/Flavor: Flesh yellowish, breaking, juicy. Flavor sub-acid, aromatic. Quality rated "only good" by Warder; Downing records it simply as "Good."
Core/Seeds: Core small, oval, closed, clasping the eye. Seeds numerous, long, pointed, imperfect.
Season
September to November.
Uses
Market, 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)Indiana Beauty.
This beautiful Indiana seedling always attracts attention by its external appearance, but it is not destined to become a general favorite.
Fruit large, cylindrical, oblong, unequal; Axis inclined; Surface very smooth yellow, partially covered mixed scarlet, splashed carmine; Dots numerous, small.
Basin deep, abrupt, folded; Eye medium to large, closed. Cavity acute, wavy; Stem medium.
Core small, oval, closed, clasping the eye; Seeds numerous, long, pointed, imperfect; Flesh yellowish, breaking, juicy; Flavor sub-acid, aromatic; Quality only good; Use, market, kitchen; Season, September, November.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Indiana Beauty.
Origin, Indiana.
Fruit large, roundish, oblong, unequal, yellow, partially covered mixed scarlet, splashed carmine. Flesh yellowish, breaking, juicy, subacid. Good. September, November.