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Long Start

Apple

Long Start

Origin/History

An English culinary apple. Known also as Westmoreland Longstart.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium, roundish.

Skin: Yellow, mostly overspread and streaked with red.

Flesh: White, crisp, tender, pleasant subacid.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity and Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

October to December.

Uses

Culinary.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Long Start.

Westmoreland Longstart.

An English culinary Apple.

Fruit medium, roundish, yellow, mostly overspread and streaked with red. Flesh white, crisp, tender, pleasant subacid. October, December.

A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)
Westmoreland Long Start Westmoreland Longstart