Jeanne Hardy
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Jeanne Hardy
Origin/History
Raised at the School of Horticulture at Versailles in 1878. First fruited in 1882. Dedicated to Mlle. Jeanne Hardy. (Revue Horticole, 1890)
Tree
Growth: Strong and compact. Leaf: Very large, pale green, crenate margin, upfolded and upheld, round-oval form.
Fruit
Size: Very large; 4 by 3¾ inches.
Form: Round, conical, much ribbed across the surface.
Skin: Pale creamy-yellow ground color with brilliant carmine flush and carmine stripes.
Cavity: Very deep and unusually wide.
Stem: Short, inserted in the deep cavity.
Calyx/Eye: Open, set in a deep wide basin which is boldly ribbed.
Flesh: Pale yellow, soft, juicy, sweet. Flavor not distinctive—no particular flavor character noted.
Season
November to February.
Uses
Culinary or exhibition.
Other
A very beautiful fruit. May be best described as a large Cox's Pomona with the appearance of Emperor Alexander.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)JEANNE HARDY. Rev. Hort., 1890, 324. Culinary or exhibition, November to February, very large, 4 by 3¾, round, conical, much ribbed. Colour, pale creamy-yellow with brilliant carmine flush and stripes. Flesh, pale yellow, soft, juicy, sweet, no particular flavour. Eye, open set in a deep wide basin which is boldly ribbed. Stem, short in a very deep and unusually wide cavity. Growth, strong and compact. Leaf, very large, pale, crenate, upfolded, upheld, round-oval. Origin, raised at the School of Horticulture, at Versailles, in 1878, first fruited in 1882, and dedicated to Mlle. Jeanne Hardy. A very beautiful fruit, that may be best described as a large Cox's Pomona with the appearance of Emperor Alexander.