Jarminite
Apple
Jarminite
Origin / History
Originated on the farm of Jarmin Ballard, in Highland County, Ohio, where it was grown from the seed of Gilpin. Described by Warder (1867) as a new fruit.
Tree
Very vigorous, and "only too productive."
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: Regular, oblate or roundish.
Stem: Slender, medium to short.
Cavity: Regular, acute.
Calyx: Eye medium, closed.
Basin: Regular, wide.
Skin: Smooth; green, partially covered with mixed and striped dull red.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Breaking, firm. Mild subacid, almost sweet.
Core and seeds: Core regular, closed, clasping. Seeds few, large, dark.
Season
December until March.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 2 catalogs (1901–1913) from Illinois
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913
View original book sources (2)
— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Jarminite.
This new fruit originated on the farm of Jarmin Ballard, in Highland County, Ohio, where it was grown from the seed of Gilpin.
The tree is very vigorous, and only too productive.
Fruit medium, regular, oblate, or roundish; Surface smooth, green, partially covered with mixed and striped dull red.
Basin regular, wide; Eye medium, closed.
Cavity regular, acute; Stem slender, medium to short.
Fig. 96.— JARMINITE.
Core regular, closed, clasping; Seeds few, large, dark; Flesh breaking, firm; Mild sub-acid, almost sweet; December until March.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Jarminite.
Origin, Highland Co., Ohio. Tree vigorous, very productive.
Fruit medium, oblate roundish, green, partially covered with mixed and striped dull red. Flesh breaking, firm, mild subacid, almost sweet. December to March. (Warder.)