Kaump (Harry Kaump)
AppleKaump (Harry Kaump)
Origin/History
Kaump (Harry Kaump) originated in Wisconsin. The variety was noted as doing well in northern Iowa and was placed on the trial list of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society at the time of description.
Tree
Tree very productive.
Fruit
Size and Form: Fruit small, roundish, regular.
Skin: Surface yellowish green, sometimes with a dull brown cheek. Dots white, distinct, a few with russet centres.
Cavity: Acute, regular, with a radiating patch of russet.
Stem: Medium.
Basin: Narrow, small, smooth, abrupt.
Calyx: Half open.
Core and Seeds: Core open. Tube funnel-shaped. Stamens median or basal. Seeds few, large, plump.
Flesh and Flavor: Flesh white, fine-grained, subacid, good.
Season
Winter.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)Kaump (Harry Kaump)—Origin, Wisconsin. Tree very productive and doing well in northern Iowa; now on trial list of Minnesota State Horticultural Society—Fruit small, roundish, regular; surface yellowish green, sometimes with dull brown cheek; dots white, distinct; a few with russet centres; cavity acute, regular, with radiating patch of russet; stem medium; basin narrow, small, smooth, abrupt; calyx half open. Core open; tube funnel-shaped; stamens median or basal; seeds few, large, plump; flesh white, fine grained, subacid, good. Winter.
— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)Kaump (Harry Kaump). — Origin, Wisconsin; tree very productive, and doing well in northern Iowa; now on trial list of Minnesota State Horticultural Society. Fruit small, roundish, regular; surface yellowish green, sometimes with dull brown cheek; dots white, distinct, a few with russet centres; cavity acute, regular, with radiating patch of russet; stem medium; basin narrow, small, smooth, abrupt; calyx half open. Core open; tube funnel-shaped; stamens median or basal; seeds few, large, plump; flesh white, fine-grained, subacid, good. Winter.