Jolly Beggar

Apple

Jolly Beggar

Origin/History

Not described in source.

Tree

Prodigious and early bearer.

Fruit

Form and Size: Medium, roundish.

Skin: Pale yellow, becoming orange in the sun.

Flesh: White, tender, brisk subacid.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

August to October.

Uses

First-rate early cooking apple.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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Jolly Beggar. Hogg describes this as a first-rate early cooking Apple. Tree a prodigious and early bearer. Fruit medium, roundish, pale yellow, becoming orange in the sun. Flesh white, tender, brisk subacid. August to October.

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)