Newell

Apple

USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection

Newell

Origin / History

Originated in Sauk County, Wisconsin, by Orange Newell, from seed of Perry Russet brought from New York. Hansen (1902) places the origin over fifty years ago. Also known as Orange Winter.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Large (Hansen); Lowther alone calls it medium-sized.

Form: Roundish oblate, irregular, angular.

Stem: Short.

Cavity: Wide, deep, ribbed.

Calyx: Half open; calyx tube funnel-shaped; stamens median.

Basin: Wide, ribbed, rather deep.

Skin: Surface a rich yellow, with a faint bronze blush on the sunny side. Lowther gives the color as yellow-red.

Dots: Green, minute, with numerous russet dots.

Flesh and flavor: Flesh firm, juicy, yellowish; rich, sprightly subacid. Quality "very good" (Hansen; Lowther).

Core and seeds: Core closed, meeting.

Season

Winter; Hansen gives "All winter."

Uses

Kitchen and market (Lowther).

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 3 period pomological works

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 3 catalogs (1900–1913) from Illinois

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 (3)

Newell (Orange Winter)—Originated over fifty years ago in Sauk County, Wisconsin, by Orange Newell from seed of Perry Russet brought from New York—Fruit large, roundish oblate, irregular, angular; surface a rich yellow, with faint bronze blush on sunny side; dots green, minute, with numerous russet dots; cavity wide, deep, ribbed; stem short; basin wide, ribbed, rather deep; calyx half open. Core closed, meeting, tube funnel-shaped; stamens median; flesh firm, juicy, yellowish, rich, sprightly subacid, very good. All winter.

— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)

Newell (Orange Winter). — Originated over fifty years ago in Sauk Co., Wisconsin, by Orange Newell, from seeds of Perry Russet brought from New York.

Fruit large, roundish oblate, irregular, angular; surface a rich yellow, with faint bronze blush on sunny side; dots green, minute, with numerous russet dots; cavity wide, deep, ribbed; stem short; basin wide, ribbed, rather deep; calyx half open. Core closed, meeting; calyx-tube funnel-shaped; stamens median; flesh firm, juicy, yellowish, rich, sprightly subacid, very good. Winter.

— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)

Newell (M. Winter) is a medium-sized fruit of roundish oblate form. Skin color is yellow-red. Quality is very good. Use is both kitchen and market. Season is winter.

[Additional entry from the same book, listed as 'Orange Winter':] Orange Winter

— Granville Lowther (ed.), Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (1914)

M. Winter Newell's Winter Orange Winter