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Larue's Big Green

Apple

Larue's Big Green

Origin/History Hardin County, Kentucky.

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

  • Size: Very large
  • Color: Yellow
  • Flesh: Vinous, sprightly subacid

Season February, March

Uses Superior for cooking.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.


Source: A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900, revised edition); original data from Kentucky Horticultural Society Transactions.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Larue's Big Green. Origin, Hardin Co., Ky. Fruit very large, yellow. Flesh vinous, sprightly subacid. February, March. Superior for cooking. (Ky. Hort. Soc. Trans.)

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