Kane

Origin / History

An American apple, native of Kent County, Delaware (Downing, Thomas); Warder gives the origin simply as Delaware. Warder records that it "has been confounded with the Bohanon, but is distinct." Beautiful to look at, a point on which all the authors agree. Thomas calls it "much admired for its beauty."

Tree

Upright, moderately vigorous (Downing) or "sufficiently vigorous" (Warder).

Fruit

Size: Small to medium. Warder and Downing call it small, Downing "a beautiful little Apple"; Elliott and Thomas call it medium.

Form: Oblate to roundish-oblate, regular, slightly or somewhat conical. Thomas calls it often obscurely conical, and Elliott calls it roundish.

Stem: Often very short (Thomas).

Cavity: Acute, narrow (Thomas).

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Regular (Thomas).

Skin: Very smooth, waxen, highly polished, fair. Ground whitish yellow to waxen yellow. Blushed or beautifully shaded with bright, fine crimson, and lightly or indistinctly striped crimson. Thomas describes the stripes as brilliant light crimson, gradually merging into a delicate blush color on the shaded part.

Dots: Not described in source.

Flesh and flavor: Flesh whitish to yellowish white; Elliott calls it yellowish. Crisp, juicy, of pleasant flavor; Warder calls it "acid and pleasant." Downing rates it "Good." Thomas gives "a pleasant, good flavor," but finds it "hardly of the highest quality."

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Autumn, October and November; Thomas gives late autumn.

Uses

Dessert; Warder calls it "Beautiful for the dessert."

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.