NANCY JACKSON

Apple

Nancy Jackson

Origin/History

Origin unrecorded. According to Hogg, it was much cultivated in Yorkshire. Planted at the Central Experimental Farm, Agassiz, British Columbia, in Spring 1897.

Tree

Growth habit and vigor are reported differently by the two sources: the Agassiz trial describes the tree as a vigorous grower and an early bearer; Bunyard (1920) characterizes growth as moderate and fertility as moderate.

Leaf (Bunyard): large, oval, held out flat, very coarsely crenate, undulating, upward folded.

Fruit

Size and Form: The Agassiz trial rates the fruit above medium in size, flatish conical. Bunyard describes it as medium, measuring 2½ inches by 2¼ inches, round conical and regular in outline. (The two sources differ slightly: Agassiz gives "flatish conical" while Bunyard gives "round conical.")

Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Agassiz: yellowish, with a little russet about the stem, splashed and streaked with bright red. Bunyard: dull yellow with a red flush and a few broad crimson stripes.

Flesh/Flavor: Flesh white (Agassiz), tender, juicy. Both sources agree on tenderness and juiciness. Agassiz describes the flavor as mildly acid; Bunyard simply as acid.

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Ripens in December (Agassiz). Bunyard classes it as a culinary apple keeping until March, placing the use season from approximately December through March.

Uses

Culinary (Bunyard).

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 4 catalogs (1900–1913) from England, Illinois

George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1900
Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913

View original book sources (2)

Planted Spring 1897. Tree a vigorous grower and an early bearer. Fruit above medium in size, flatish, conical. Skin yellowish, with a little russet about the stem, and splashed and streaked with bright red. Flesh white, juicy, tender, mildly acid. Season December.

— Central Experimental Farm, Central Experimental Farm, Agassiz BC — Catalogue of Fruit Trees under Test (Bulletin No. 3, 1900) (1900)

NANCY JACKSON. Culinary, till March, medium, 2½ by 2¼, round conical, regular. Colour, dull yellow with red flush and a few broad crimson stripes. Flesh, tender, juicy, acid. Growth, moderate; fertility, moderate. Leaf, large, oval, held out flat, very coarsely crenate, undulating, upward folded. Origin, unrecorded according to Hogg it was much cultivated in Yorkshire.

— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)