Kirkbridge White.

This fruit has been pretty extensively cultivated in some parts of the Western States, and sometimes mistaken for the Yellow June. Tree of moderate growth, bears early, productive.

Fruit small, oblong-conic, regular; Surface smooth, pale yellow or white; Dots minute, gray, scattered.

Basin small, shallow or abrupt, narrow, regular; Eye small, closed; Segments reflexed.

Cavity deep, acute, regular, brown; Stem long, slender, green.

Core medium, pyriform, regular, open, meeting the eye; Seeds numerous, plump, pointed, brown; Flesh white, fine-grained, tender, juicy; Flavor sub-acid; Quality very good; Use, table, market; Season, July, August, after Early Harvest.

— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)

Kirkbridge White. Tree of rather slow upright growth, an early and abundant bearer. Fruit below medium, oblong ovate, very irregular, ribbed, yellowish white. Stalk short and small, in a narrow cavity. Calyx small and closed. Segments long, reflexed. Basin narrow. Flesh white, tender, juicy, subacid. Core rather large. Good. August and September.

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

KIRKBRIDGE.

References. 1. Downing, 1857:160. 2. Mag. Hort., 24:108. 1858. 3. Warder, 1867:671. 4. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1871:8. 5. Downing, 1872:10 index, app. 6. Thomas, 1875:195. 7. Downing, 1881:11 index, app. 8. Ib., 1881:12 index, app. 9. Budd-Hansen, 1903:111.

Synonyms. Bohannon (2). Conic June (7). Kirkbridge (2, 3, 7, 8, 9). Kirkbridge White (1, 4, 5, 6). White June (5). Yellow Flat (8). Yellow June (6, erroneously 3, of some 5).

Fruit small to medium, oblong conic, pale yellow or whitish; flesh white, fine, tender, juicy, pleasant subacid, good to very good. The tree is a moderate grower, comes into bearing young and is productive. Season August and September. Not recommended for planting in New York.

Historical. In 1867 Warder (3) wrote concerning Kirkbridge White: "This fruit has been pretty extensively cultivated in some parts of the Western states and sometimes it is mistaken for the Yellow June." It is said to be of American origin. It is but little known in New York.

— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 2 (1905)

Kirkbridge White.

Medium in size or rather large, oval, ribbed, tapering equally to each end, and blunt at the ends ; skin, smooth, pale yellow ; stem, short ; cavity and basin both very narrow ; flesh, very tender, sub-acid, fine-grained ; "good." Latter part of Summer.

— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)

Kirkbridge White. (Yellow June.) Size medium, oval, tapering to apex and base, equally blunt at ends with broad ribs, smooth; pale yellow; stem short; cavity and basin very narrow; flesh very tender, fine-grained, with a moderately "good" sub-acid flavor. Ripens soon after Early Harvest and for six weeks. Tree a slow grower, but a great and early bearer; valuable at the West. Too tender for long transportation.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

Kirkbridge. — Of American origin; tree of slow, upright growth, an early and heavy bearer.

Fruit small to medium, oblong conic, broadly ribbed, sometimes inclined and unequal, very irregular; surface smooth, yellowish white; dots few, very minute, obscure, suffused, whitish; cavity narrow, acute, regular, with irregular russet patch; stem long, slender, green; basin narrow, abrupt, slightly corrugated; calyx small, closed, segments long-pointed, erect convergent. Core rather large, open, meeting; cells elliptical, slit; tube conical; stamens basal; seeds numerous, very plump, blunt; flesh white, very tender, fine-grained, juicy, pleasant subacid, too tender for distant shipment, very good. August and September.

— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)