Moore

Alternate name: Moore's Seedling

Origin and History

Limited historical documentation available for this variety. First recorded in Downing's 1900 edition, attributed to Hogg.

Fruit

Size: Large

Form: Roundish oblate conical

Skin: Greenish yellow with broken streaks of red

Flesh: Yellowish, tender, pleasantly sweet

Tree characteristics: Not described in source

Stem, cavity, calyx, basin, seeds, core: Not described in source

Season and Storage

October to December

Use

Good culinary apple

Note: This source entry is notably brief and lacks the detailed physical descriptions typical of period pomologies (cavity depth, calyx form, seed characteristics, tree vigor, and bark details are absent). Additional botanical details from other nineteenth-century sources would strengthen identification. The attribution to Hogg suggests these details derive from Hogg's Fruit Manual rather than original observation by Downing.