Lightly
AppleOrigin and History
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
Size and Form: Below medium. Roundish, cylindrical, truncated, regular, faintly angular.
Skin: 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 and Seeds: Small, closed. Tube funnel-shaped. Stamens marginal. Seeds packed tightly in small cells.
Flesh and Flavor: Firm, fine grained, slightly stained. Subacid. Good to very good.
Season
December or later.
Tree
Not described in source.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
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.