John Standish
AppleJohn Standish
Origin and History
John Standish was received by the United States Department of Agriculture from G. Bunyard & Co., Maidstone, England in 1925 and is reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York. A separate accession (USDA Plant Introduction number 123726) was received from England in 1937 and is held by the U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland.
Fruit
Form and Size: Round, conical, and regular.
Skin: Covered with scarlet; russet dots present.
Flesh: White, very hard, and juicy.
Flavor and Quality: Dessert quality.
Season
Ripens in January.
Tree
Not described in source.
Uses
Dessert.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— H.H. Fisher (USDA ARS), A Survey of Apple Clones in the United States (1963)John Standish was received from G. Bunyard & Co., Maidstone, England in 1925 and is reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York. The fruit is round, conical, and regular; the skin is covered with scarlet, with russet dots. The flesh is white, very hard, and juicy. Dessert quality; ripens in January. A separate accession, USDA Plant Introduction number 123726, was received from England in 1937 and is held by the U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland.