Lightly
AppleLightly
Origin / History
Lightly (No. 16) is described from specimens sent by E. Lightly, Oakland, Minnesota. It is one of about sixty survivors of one hundred apple seedlings sent out by Peter M. Gideon.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Fruit below medium.
Form: Roundish, cylindrical, truncated, regular, faintly angular.
Stem: Short.
Cavity: Acute, wavy.
Calyx: Closed. Tube funnel-shaped. Stamens marginal.
Basin: Abrupt, narrow.
Skin: Surface greenish yellow, almost or wholly covered with a fine dark crimson, marbled and mixed, much like a Jonathan. Blue bloom.
Dots: Minute, white, obscure.
Flesh and flavor: Firm, fine grained, slightly stained, subacid, good to very good.
Core and seeds: Core small, closed. Seeds packed tightly in small cells.
Season
December or later.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)Lightly (No. 16)-Specimens from E. Lightly, Oakland, Minnesota. This is one of about sixty survivors of one hundred apple seedlings sent out by Peter M. Gideon-Fruit below medium, roundish, cylindrical, truncated, regular, faintly angular; surface greenish yellow, almost or wholly covered with a fine dark crimson, marbled and mixed, much like a Jonathan, with blue bloom; dots minute, white, obscure; cavity acute, wavy; stem short; basin abrupt, narrow; calyx closed. Core small, closed; tube funnel-shaped; stamens marginal; seeds packed tightly in small cells; flesh firm, fine grained, slightly stained, subacid, good to very good. December or later.