Mary Womack

Origin / History

John W. Walker, of Anchorage, Ky., sent specimens of this apple to A.J. Downing, who published it in The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America under the heading "MART WOMACK." Walker wrote that it is a chance seedling on the farm of George Womack, near Middletown, Ky., and that the Kentucky Horticultural Society named it for him. The variety is evidently a seedling of the Rambo, as the color, form of fruit, and habit of the tree indicate. It is a mild sweet apple of first quality. In Kentucky it ripens in August and September, or just after the Porter and Gravenstein.

Tree

The tree is a thrifty grower. It bears full crops on alternate years, with a moderate crop in the intervening years.

Fruit

Size: Medium.

Form: Oblate, somewhat depressed, nearly regular.

Stem: Short, rather small.

Cavity: Large, deep, a little uneven.

Calyx: Small, closed.

Basin: Large, saucer-like in form, slightly corrugated.

Skin: Whitish, faintly striped and splashed with pale and bright red where exposed to the sun, and thickly sprinkled with small and large irregular brown dots.

Dots: Small and large, irregular, brown, thickly sprinkled over the skin.

Flesh and flavor: Whitish yellow, half fine, tender, moderately juicy, mild rich sweet. Quality very good.

Core and seeds: Core medium.

Season

The fruit ripens in Kentucky in August and September, or just after the Porter and Gravenstein.

Uses

The fruit is a mild sweet apple of first quality, with a mild rich sweet flavor.

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.