Ofine

Apple

Origin/History

English origin.

Tree

Vigorous and productive.

Fruit

Form: Large, roundish oblate conical.

Stem: Large, short.

Calyx: Open.

Skin: Oily. Color lemon yellow, washed and splashed with red in the sun; many large reddish gray spots.

Flesh and Flavor: White, firm, tender, sweet subacid, aromatic.

Season

November.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

USDA Nomenclature (1905)

From W.H. Ragan, Nomenclature of the Apple, USDA Bulletin No. 56

From Annals of Pomology.

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Ofine.

Of English origin. Tree vigorous, productive.

Fruit large, roundish oblate conical. Skin oily. Color lemon yellow, washed and splashed with red in the sun, many large reddish gray spots. Stalk large, short. Calyx open. Flesh white, firm, tender, sweet subacid, aromatic. November. (An Pom.)

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)