Iowa Beauty
AppleIowa Beauty
Origin/History
Iowa Beauty originated with C. G. Patten of Charles City, Iowa. It is a seedling of Golden Russet (Hansen, 1902).
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Fruit large, roundish truncated, irregular, angular.
Stem: Short to medium.
Cavity: Deep, acute, often green.
Calyx: Closed.
Basin: Very wide, wavy, corrugated and wrinkled. Hansen (1902) further describes the basin as obscurely five-sided; Budd & Hansen (1914) describes it as rather deep.
Skin: Surface golden yellow, striped, splashed and mixed dark red; a handsome fruit. Dots white, minute, obscure.
Flesh and Flavor: Flesh rich yellow, firm, juicy, acid; quality rated good.
Core and Seeds: Core clasping, half open. Tube conical. Stamens median.
Season
Fall. Follows the Duchess in season (Hansen, 1902).
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1900)
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
View original book sources (2)
— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)Iowa Beauty.
Iowa Beauty—Originated by C. G. Patten, Charles City, Iowa—Fruit large, roundish truncated, irregular, angular; surface golden yellow, striped, splashed and mixed dark red, a handsome fruit; dots white, minute, obscure; cavity deep, acute, often green; stem short to medium; basin very wide, obscurely five-sided, wavy, corrugated and wrinkled; calyx closed. Core clasping, half open; tube conical; stamens median; flesh rich yellow, firm, juicy, acid, good. Fall. A seedling of Golden Russet. Follows the Duchess in season.
— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)Iowa Beauty.—Originated by C. G. Patten, Charles City, Iowa.
Fruit large, roundish truncated, irregular, angular; surface golden yellow, striped, splashed and mixed dark red, a handsome fruit; dots white, minute, obscure; cavity deep, acute, often green; stem short to medium; basin very wide, rather deep, wavy, corrugated and wrinkled; calyx closed. Core clasping, half open; tube conical; stamens median; flesh rich yellow, firm, juicy, acid, good. Fall.