Minier's Dumpling
AppleMinier's Dumpling
Origin / History
Minier's Dumpling is described as an English cooking Apple. The description appears in A.J. Downing's The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900), where the fruit characters are credited to "Lind."
Tree
Tree a strong grower and good bearer.
Fruit
Size: Large.
Form: Roundish, slightly ribbed.
Stem: Stem not described.
Cavity: Cavity not described.
Calyx: Calyx not described.
Basin: Basin not described.
Skin: Greenish, with dull red in the sun.
Dots: Dots not described.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh firm, juicy, subacid.
Core and seeds: Core and seeds not described.
Season
Recorded as November, February.
Uses
An English cooking Apple.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Minier's Dumpling.
An English cooking Apple. Tree a strong grower and good bearer.
Fruit large, roundish, slightly ribbed, greenish, with dull red in the sun. Flesh firm, juicy, subacid. November, February. (Lind.)