Melvin Sweet

Apple

Melvin Sweet

Origin/History

Originated in Concord, Massachusetts. Described in Hovey's Magazine of Horticulture (cited by both Downing and Elliott).

Tree

Vigorous and productive. (Downing)

Fruit

Size: Medium.

Form: Roundish.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Yellowish green, striped with pale red. (Downing; Elliott)

Flesh/Flavor: Downing describes the flesh as rich and sugary; Elliott describes it as juicy and sweet; Thomas characterizes it as rich.

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

November to February (Downing; Elliott). Thomas gives December.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 3 period pomological works

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Melvin Sweet.

Origin, Concord, Mass. Tree vigorous and productive.

Fruit medium, roundish, yellowish green, striped with pale red. Flesh rich and sugary. November to February. (Hov. Mag.)

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

Melvin Sweet. From Concord, Mass. Fruit, medium, roundish, yellowish green, striped with pale red; flesh, juicy, sweet. November to February. (Hov. Mag.)

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

Melvin Sweet. Medium, roundish, striped pale red; rich. December. Mass.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)