Ingram.

A new variety, grown from seed of Rawls Janet, by Martin Ingram, of Greene Co., Mo. Tree productive, and the fruit especially valued for its long keeping.

Fruit medium or below, roundish oblate, orange yellow, mostly overspread with broken stripes of rich warm red, gray russet dots, and slight marblings. Stalk slender. Calyx small. Flesh yellowish white, moderately juicy, crisp, mild subacid. Core above medium. Seeds dark brown. February to June. (Hort.)

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

INGRAM.

REFERENCES. 1. Horticulturist, 23:201. 1868 (cited by 5). 2. Downing, 1872:229. 3. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:241. 4. Rural N. Y., 56:345. 1897. 5. Taylor, U. S. Dept. Agr. Yr. Bk., 1901:382. col. pl. 6. Stinson, Mo. Fr. Sta. Bul. 3:22. 1902. fig. 7. Thomas, 1903:328. 8. Budd-Hansen, 1903:103. 9. Powell and Fulton, U. S. B. P. I. Bul. 48:45. 1903.

SYNONYMS. Ingraham (5). INGRAM SEEDLING (1). Ingram Seedling (5, 7).

This variety has attracted attention in the Southwest within recent years on account of its excellent keeping qualities (4, 5, 6, 9). It is said to be exceptionally promising for the Ozark region (6) where it is being largely planted for commercial purposes. Like the Rails it blooms late in the season and the older trees are apt to bear rather small fruit unless the fruit is thinned. The fruit is of the Rails type but averages larger and is more highly colored, being nearly red. In quality it ranks about with York Imperial. In flavor it is much like Rails but less juicy. It has not yet been sufficiently tested in New York to determine whether it is a desirable apple for this state but since it is so much like its parent, Rails, it probably is not so well adapted for this region as it is for more southern localities.

Historical. Originated with Martin Ingram near Springfield, Mo., from seed of the Rails (Geniton) between 1844 and 1855 (5, 6).

TREE.

Tree vigorous, with long, moderately stout branches. Form upright or roundish, rather dense. Twigs medium to long, straight, rather stout; internodes medium or below. Bark olive-green partly covered with clear brownish-red, lightly mottled with scarf-skin. Lenticels numerous, large, generally round, raised, very conspicuous. Buds medium, broad, flat, obtuse, appressed, pubescent, deeply set in the bark.

FRUIT.

Fruit usually about medium, sometimes large. Form roundish conic, to roundish oblate, symmetrical. Stem rather short, varying from thick and swollen to moderately slender. Cavity acuminate, varying from medium in depth and width to deep and broad, sometimes partly russeted, obscurely furrowed. Calyx large, open. Basin pretty regular, moderately deep, medium in width to rather narrow, moderately abrupt. Skin rather thick and tough, smooth, bright greenish-yellow or pale yellow, washed, mottled and striped with two shades of red and clouded with whitish scarf-skin over the base. Highly colored specimens are nearly overspread with rather dark red. Dots numerous, whitish or areolar with russet center, rather conspicuous. Calyx tube conical or somewhat funnel-form. Stamens basal. Core medium to rather small, axile; cells symmetrical, closed or nearly so; core lines meeting or slightly clasping. Carpels roundish, tufted. Seeds medium in size, rather wide, acute, tufted. Flesh somewhat tinged with yellow, firm and hard but becoming crisp and tender, juicy, very mild subacid, somewhat aromatic, good to very good.

Season February to June or later.

— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 1 (1905)

Ingram. (Ingram Seedling.) Medium, roundish conical; yellow, splashed and striped crimson; cavity regular, medium depth, stem short and stout, basin medium; slightly leather cracked; flesh yellowish, fine, tender and juicy when fully ripe, sub-acid, good. Late winter. Seedling of Ralls. Good South. Missouri.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

Ingram. — Ingram is said to be a seedling of Rails Genet and resembles that variety, but more highly colored ; it is said that the seed was planted by Jack Ingram, near Springfield, Mo., in 1844. A heavy regular bearer and long keeper and is becoming very popular in southern Missouri. In common with its parent Ingram blooms later than other varieties. Fruit medium, regular, roundish conical, flattened; at ends truncated; surface smooth, rich orange yellow, mostly covered with marbled and mixed rich warm bright red with carmine splashes, in part thinly overlaid with whitish; dots very large, numerous, large, yellow and russet ; cavity deep, wavy, obtuse, trace of russet; stem short; basin shallow, regular, smooth, sometimes leather-cracked; calyx open; segments divergent. Core closed, small, meeting; cells ovate, axile, widely slit; tube conical, stamens basal; seeds few, flattened, pointed, packed tight in cells, partially covered with cellular exudate; flesh yellow, moderately juicy, firm, crisp, mild rich subacid with sweet after taste, very good. February to June.

— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)

INGRAM. Ingram Seedling. Ingram is remarkable for two qualities—late-blooming, and late-keeping fruits. It is a seedling of Rails, which it much resembles except for larger and more brightly colored apples. The fruit is but mediocre, and the variety has small value except when a tree is wanted which blooms late or an apple which keeps long. This variety has attracted much attention in the Southwest, especially in the Ozarks, but promises little in other regions. Ingram originated in the orchard of Martin Ingram, Springfield, Missouri, about 1850. Tree vigorous, upright, dense, with long, stout branches. Fruit medium, sometimes large, round-conic to round-oblate, symmetrical; stem short, varying from thick and swollen to slender; cavity acuminate, from medium in depth and width to deep and broad, sometimes partly russeted, obscurely furrowed; calyx large, open; basin regular, deep, narrow, abrupt; skin thick and tough, smooth, pale yellow, washed, mottled and striped with two shades of red and clouded with white scarf-skin over the base; dots numerous, white areolar with russet center, conspicuous; calyx-tube conical; stamens basal; core small, axile; cells symmetrical, closed; core-lines meeting; carpels round, tufted; seeds wide, acute, tufted; flesh yellow, firm, and hard but becoming crisp and tender, juicy, very mild subacid, aromatic; good to very good; February to June.

— U.P. Hedrick, Cyclopedia of Hardy Fruits (1922)

Ingram. Received From: Fruit Experiment Station, Mountain Grove, Missouri. Reporting Station: Agricultural Experiment Station of Rutgers, New Brunswick, New Jersey (NjB).

— H.H. Fisher (USDA ARS), A Survey of Apple Clones in the United States (1963)