Large Bough
Apple
Large Bough
Origin and History
A native fruit, much admired as an early sweet apple. Also known as Large Yellow Bough.
Tree
Vigorous with a compact head. Rather productive.
Fruit
Form and Size Round-conic, regular, very light.
Skin Smooth, white or pale yellow. Dots minute, dark, indented, few.
Cavity Acute, regular, deep. Sometimes brown. Stem medium.
Basin Rather shallow, regular.
Eye (Calyx) Small, closed.
Flesh and Flavor White, very soft, light, juicy. Flavor very sweet when ripe, somewhat bitter when green.
Core and Seeds Core regular, nearly closed, clasping. Seeds medium, dark.
Quality
Only good—by some called best.
Season
July and August.
Uses
Market, stock, and dessert. Tasteless when cooked.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Large Bough. LARGE YELLOW BOUGH, ETC.
A native fruit, much admired as an early sweet apple. Tree vigorous, compact head, rather productive.
Fruit round-conic, regular, very light; Surface smooth, white or pale yellow; Dots minute, dark, indented, few. Basin rather shallow, regular; Eye small, closed. Cavity acute, regular, deep, sometimes brown; Stem medium. Core regular, nearly closed, clasping; Seeds medium, dark; Flesh white, very soft, light, juicy; Flavor very sweet when ripe, somewhat bitter when green; Quality only good—by some called best; Use, market, stock and dessert—tasteless when cooked; Season, July and August.