Jersey Beauty
AppleJersey Beauty Apple
Origin and History
Specimens examined from the Iowa Experiment Station orchard, 1902.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Large, roundish oblate, tapering.
Skin: Greenish yellow surface, mostly covered with red stripes and splashes mixed on the sunny side. Dots obscure, few, gray, minute.
Stem: Very short.
Cavity: Wide, regular, green.
Basin: Very wide, very shallow, obscurely ribbed.
Calyx: Open, segments long, divergent.
Flesh and Flavor: Very yellow, pleasant subacid, good.
Core and Seeds: Core large, meeting. Cells ovate, slit. Tube funnel-shaped. Stamens marginal. Seeds ten, large, long, pointed, somewhat flattened.
Season
August, September.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)Jersey Beauty—Specimens from Iowa Experiment Station orchard, 1902—Fruit large, roundish oblate, tapering; surface greenish yellow, mostly covered with red stripes and splashes mixed on sunny side; dots obscure, few, gray, minute; cavity wide, regular, green; stem very short; basin very wide, very shallow, obscurely ribbed; calyx open, segments long, divergent. Core large, meeting; cells ovate, slit; tube funnel-shaped; stamens marginal; seeds ten, large, long, pointed, somewhat flattened; flesh very yellow, pleasant subacid, good. August, September.