Marshall
AppleMarshall
Origin / History
Largely grown in some parts of New Hampshire, where it was valued as a profitable market apple on account of its productiveness and very late keeping. The description is credited to the source abbreviated "Me. Rep."
Tree
Productive. The variety is valued for its productiveness in New Hampshire orchards.
Fruit
Size: Above medium.
Form: Roundish, a little flattened.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Deep green, mostly overlaid with a fine thick sprinkling of whitish green specks, with a little blush and crimson specks next the sun.
Dots: Whitish green specks, finely and thickly sprinkled, mostly overlaying the deep green ground color. Crimson specks appear next the sun.
Flesh and flavor: Not described in source.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
April, May.
Uses
Profitable as a market apple. Keeps very late.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
USDA Nomenclature (1905)
From W.H. Ragan, Nomenclature of the Apple, USDA Bulletin No. 56
From Maine Hort. Report.
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 13 catalogs (1891–1920) from Illinois, Missouri, Oregon, Washington
- Missouri Nursery Co. , Louisiana , Missouri — 1891
- Woodburn Nurseries , Woodburn, Marion Co. , Oregon — 1894
- J.V. Cotta (Cotta Nursery) , Carroll County , Illinois — 1898
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
- The Dalles Nurseries , The Dalles , Oregon — 1901
- Washington Nursery Co. , Toppenish , Washington — 1901
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
- Carlton Nursery Co. , Carlton , Oregon — 1909
- Washington Nursery Company , Toppenish , Washington — 1909
- Pacific Nursery Company , Portland , Oregon — 1912
- Vineland Nurseries Company , Clarkston , Washington — 1912
- Washington Nursery Company , Toppenish , Washington — 1912
- Oregon Nursery Co. , Orenco , Oregon — 1920
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Marshall.
Largely grown in some parts of New Hampshire, as a profitable market Apple, on account of its productiveness and very late keeping.
Fruit above medium, roundish, a little flattened, deep green, mostly overlaid with a fine thick sprinkling of whitish green specks, a little blush and crimson specks next the sun. April, May. (Me. Rep.)