John Apple
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
John Apple
Origin / History
The John Apple is a cider apple of celebrity in England. It is also called Deux Annee's from its property of long keeping. John Philips, in his poem on cider, characterized it very correctly: "Nor John apple, whose withered rind, entrencht with many a furrow, aptly represents decrepid age."
Tree
The tree grows in an upright form. The bark is of a yellowish cast. The fruit hangs late on the tree.
Fruit
Size: Small.
Form: Conical; a small conical fruit.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Tough and yellow, with a small portion of red towards the sun. The rind is withered and entrenched with many furrows in age.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Yellow, rich, hard and dry. Fit only for cider.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
The fruit hangs late on the tree. The John Apple has a property of long keeping.
Uses
The John Apple is fit only for cider. It is a cider apple of celebrity in England.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1912) from Washington
- Vineland Nurseries Company , Clarkston , Washington — 1912
View original book sources (1)
— William Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)NO. 130. JOHN APPLE.
Called also Deux Annee's from its property of long keeping—it is a cider apple of celebrity in England, and is characterized by Philips in his poem on cider very correctly. "Nor John apple, whose withered rind, entrencht with many a furrow, aptly represents decrepid age." It is a small conical fruit; the skin tough and yellow, with a small portion of red towards the sun; the flesh yellow, rich, hard and dry; fit only for cider—it hangs late on the tree, which grows in an upright form, the bark of a yellowish cast.