Mills
AppleMills
Origin / History
Grown by Whitney Mills, Litchfield, Minnesota, from Transcendent crab seed furnished by L. E. Day. Described by N.E. Hansen in A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902).
Tree
Tree very upright. A good annual bearer.
Fruit
Size: Fruit medium.
Form: Regular, roundish.
Stem: Stem medium.
Cavity: Cavity regular, acute, with radiating patch of russet.
Calyx: Calyx half open. Tube funnel-shaped; stamens marginal.
Basin: Basin wide, shallow, somewhat wavy and wrinkled.
Skin: Surface yellow, striped and splashed red (Duchess type of coloring).
Dots: Dots minute, white, very obscure.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh white, juicy, subacid, good.
Core and seeds: Core closed, nearly sessile.
Season
Ripens in October. Will not keep as long as Wealthy.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)Mills—Grown by Whitney Mills, Litchfield, Minnesota, from Transcendent crab, seed furnished by L. E. Day. Tree very upright, a good annual bearer—Fruit medium, regular, roundish; surface yellow, striped and splashed red (Duchess type of coloring); dots minute, white, very obscure; cavity regular, acute, with radiating patch of russet; stem medium; basin wide, shallow, somewhat wavy and wrinkled; calyx half open. Core closed, nearly sessile; tube funnel-shaped; stamens marginal; flesh white, juicy, subacid, good. October. Will not keep as long as Wealthy.