Mabie
AppleMabie
Origin / History
This is a local variety which has been grown to a limited extent in southern Rockland county, New York. M. L. Bell of Sparkill, N. Y., gave the following account in a letter of 1904, quoted by S. A. Beach in The Apples of New York, Vol. 2 (1905): "Mabie has been grown in Southern Rockland county, N. Y., and the adjacent portion of New Jersey for about forty-five years. About fifty years ago the original tree stood in an old stone fence row on the farm of Wm. Mabie. It was propagated in a local nursery and disseminated through the surrounding region where it is generally highly esteemed by those who have tested it."
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Above medium to nearly large.
Form: Roundish or somewhat inclined to oblong, a little irregular, unsymmetrical, not very uniform.
Stem: Medium to rather long, moderately thick.
Cavity: Large, acute to acuminate, moderately deep, wide, often obscurely furrowed, sometimes completely covered with russet which extends over the base of the fruit in broken rays.
Calyx: Medium to rather large, closed or partly open. Calyx tube short, moderately wide, conical to funnel-form. Stamens median.
Basin: Medium size or below, pubescent, saucer-shape, medium in width and depth, a little obtuse to rather abrupt, smooth or slightly furrowed.
Skin: Very thick, tough, smooth or slightly roughened with russet dots. Bright yellow, mottled or deeply blushed with bright red; in highly colored specimens rather deep, dark red, obscurely striped with carmine. Marked over the base with whitish scarf-skin.
Dots: Often very small, gray, mingled with others that are large, whitish and areolar with russet center.
Flesh and flavor: Slightly tinged with yellow, firm, medium grained, somewhat crisp, tender, juicy, sweet, good.
Core and seeds: Core medium to rather large, axile to somewhat abaxile; cells closed or somewhat open; core lines clasping. Carpels roundish to broadly obovate, slightly tufted. Seeds dark brown, medium to small, plump, broadly acute.
Season
Late fall and early winter.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
A red sweet apple of very good general appearance. It belongs in the same group as Victoria Sweet. A desirable variety of its class.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 2 (1905)MABIE.
A red sweet apple of very good general appearance. It belongs in the same group as Victoria Sweet. Season late fall and early winter. A desirable variety of its class.
Historical. This is a local variety which has been grown to a limited extent in southern Rockland county. The following account of its origin is given by M. L. Bell, Sparkill, N. Y.:¹ "Mabie has been grown in Southern Rockland county, N. Y., and the adjacent portion of New Jersey for about forty-five years. About fifty years ago the original tree stood in an old stone fence row on the farm of Wm. Mabie. It was propagated in a local nursery and disseminated through the surrounding region where it is generally highly esteemed by those who have tested it."
FRUIT.
Fruit above medium to nearly large. Form roundish or somewhat inclined to oblong, a little irregular, unsymmetrical, not very uniform. Stem medium to rather long, moderately thick. Cavity large, acute to acuminate, moderately deep, wide, often obscurely furrowed, sometimes completely covered with russet which extends over the base of the fruit in broken rays. Calyx medium to rather large, closed or partly open. Basin medium size or below, pubescent, saucer-shape, medium in width and depth, a little obtuse to rather abrupt, smooth or slightly furrowed. Skin very thick, tough, smooth or slightly roughened with russet dots, bright yellow mottled or deeply blushed with bright red, in highly colored specimens rather deep, dark red, obscurely striped with carmine and marked over the base with whitish scarf-skin. Dots often very small, gray, mingled with others that are large, whitish and areolar with russet center. Calyx tube short, moderately wide, conical to funnel-form. Stamens median. Core medium to rather large, axile to somewhat abaxile; cells closed or somewhat open; core lines clasping. Carpels roundish to broadly obovate, slightly tufted. Seeds dark brown, medium to small, plump, broadly acute. Flesh slightly tinged with yellow, firm, medium grained, somewhat crisp, tender, juicy, sweet, good. Season late fall and early winter.
¹ Letter, 1904.