Luce's Early Joe

Apple

Luce's Early Joe

Origin / History

American (Elliott, 1865). Origin unknown (Downing, 1900).

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Small (Elliott); medium (Downing).

Form: Round (Elliott); roundish oblate (Downing).

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Bright red on yellow (Elliott); whitish, with a blush in the sun (Downing).

Dots: Few, brown (Downing).

Flesh and flavor: Yellowish, tender, crisp, juicy; flavor mild, pleasant subacid. Quality "Good" (Downing); "inferior" (Elliott).

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

September.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 2 period pomological works

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 3 catalogs (1900–1913) from Illinois

Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913

View original book sources (2)

Luce's Early Joe.

American. Small, round, bright red on yellow ; flesh, crisp, inferior. September.

— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)

Luce's Early Joe. Early Joe, incorrectly. Origin unknown. Fruit, medium, roundish oblate, whitish, with a blush in the sun, few brown dots. Flesh yellowish, tender, crisp, juicy, mild, pleasant subacid. Good. September.

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

Early Joe [err.]