Manaen
AppleManaen
Origin and History
Grown from seed of the Talman Sweet by F. B. Miller, Sugar Grove, Warren Co., Pennsylvania. First fruited in 1867. Contemporary assessment (Rural New Yorker) described it as "a new variety of fine promise as an amateur's fruit."
Tree
Tree is a thrifty, upright grower. Young wood dark reddish brown, with a few white raised dots, and slightly downy. Leaf broad roundish oval, coarsely serrated.
Fruit
Size and Form Medium size, roundish oblate conical, irregular, or partially ribbed.
Skin Pale whitish yellow. In sun: deep carmine dots and marblings with russet lines radiating from the stalk. In shade: scattering minute, raised, gray or russet dots.
Stem Slender.
Cavity Deep, broad, open, russeted.
Calyx Partially closed, with erect recurved, divided segments.
Basin Rather deep, abrupt, generally irregular in form. Usually clean and smooth, but occasionally with russeted broken lines.
Flesh and Flavor Yellowish white, granulated, tender, moderately juicy. Mild sweet, aromatic. Quality: Very good.
Core and Seeds Core small. Seeds dark rich brown, oblong, pointed.
Season
Last of August and September.
Uses
Noted as suitable for amateur cultivation.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Manaen.
This variety was grown from seed of the Talman Sweet, by F. B. Miller, Sugar Grove, Warren Co., Pa., and first fruited in 1867. The tree is said to be a thrifty, upright grower. Young wood dark reddish brown, with a few white raised dots, and slightly downy. Leaf broad roundish oval, coarsely serrated.
Fruit medium size, roundish oblate conical, irregular, or partially ribbed, pale whitish yellow, with deep carmine dots and marblings in sun, russet lines radiating from the stalk, scattering minute, raised, gray, or russet dots in the shade. Stalk slender. Cavity deep, broad, open, russeted. Calyx partially closed, with erect recurved, divided segments. Basin rather deep, abrupt, generally irregular in form, usually clean and smooth, but occasionally with russeted broken lines. Flesh yellowish white, granulated, tender, moderately juicy, mild sweet, aromatic. Very good. Core small. Seeds dark rich brown, oblong, pointed. Season, last of August and September. A new variety of fine promise as an amateur's fruit. (Rural New Yorker.)