Jersey
Apple
Jersey
Origin / History
Also known as the Jersey or Rhode-Island Greening, sometimes called the Burlington Greening.
Tree
Very large tree with strong, spreading limbs and very luxuriant growth.
Fruit
Very large, fair-skinned apple of round shape. Skin yellowish green, spotted with red similar to a Newton Pippin. The ends are somewhat flattened. The stem and crown are both sunk below the level of the fruit surface. Flesh is rich, juicy, tender, and very yellow in color.
Season
Ripens in October and is suitable for use through November and December.
Uses
Highly esteemed as a table fruit.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— William Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)NO. 48. JERSEY, OR RHODE-ISLAND GREENING.
Sometimes called the Burlington Greening; is a very large fair apple, of a round shape with a yellowish green skin, spotted with red like a Newton pippin; the ends are somewhat flattened, and the stem and crown sunk below the level of the fruit: the flesh is rich, juicy, tender, and very yellow—as a table fruit, in October, November and December, it is highly esteemed—the tree is very large, the limbs strong and spreading, the growth very luxuriant.