Kernodle
AppleKernodle
Origin and History
Origin, North Carolina.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium, roundish.
Skin: Surface moderately smooth with russet patches. Color yellow, washed with mixed red, splashed and striped with crimson. Dots numerous, yellow, slightly indented.
Stem: Medium, slender.
Cavity: Regular, large, deep, gradual, russet.
Basin: Regular, medium, with furrows and leather-cracking.
Calyx: Small, partially closed. Segments small, converging.
Flesh and Flavor: Yellowish, medium texture, fine, breaking. Juicy, subacid, slightly astringent. Quality good to very good.
Core and Seeds: Core large, roundish, clasping. Seeds numerous, medium, brown, plump.
Season
Winter.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Description sourced from U. S. Division of Pomology, 1902.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)Kernodle. — Origin, North Carolina. Fruit medium, roundish; surface moderately smooth with russet patches, yellow, washed with mixed red, splashed and striped with crimson; dots numerous, yellow, slightly indented; cavity regular, large, deep, gradual, russet; stem medium, slender; basin regular, medium, furrows, and leather-cracking; calyx small, partially closed; segments small, converging. Core large, roundish, clasping; seeds numerous, medium, brown, plump; flesh yellowish, medium, fine, breaking, juicy, subacid, slightly astringent, good to very good. Winter. (U. S. Div. of Pomology, 1902.)