Ogle (Winter Snow)
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Ogle (Winter Snow)
Origin and History
Origin: Illinois.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form Medium, oblate, slightly oblique.
Stem About one inch long, slender, with bracts.
Cavity Wide, deep, flaring, russet-netted.
Basin Large, regular, deep, abrupt, corrugated, and lined with bloom.
Calyx Small, closed; segments long, narrow, converging or reflexed.
Skin Thin and tenacious. Surface smooth except for raised dots and fine leather-cracking. Yellowish, washed with scarlet and striped with dark crimson. Dots conspicuous, yellow, protruding; some areole.
Flesh and Flavor Whitish, moderately fine-grained, crisp, juicy, very mild subacid. Quality: good to very good.
Core and Seeds Core medium, roundish, clasping, partially open. Seeds numerous, small, plump, brown.
Season
Winter.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Description recorded by the U.S. Division of Pomology, 1895.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)Ogle (Winter Snow). — Origin, Illinois. Fruit medium, oblate, slightly oblique; skin thin, tenacious; surface smooth, except for raised dots and fine leather-cracking, yellowish, washed with scarlet and striped with dark crimson; dots conspicuous, yellow, protruding, some areole; cavity wide, deep, flaring, russet-netted; stem about one inch long, slender, with bracts; basin large, regular, deep, abrupt, corrugated, and lined with bloom; calyx small, closed; segments long, narrow, converging or reflexed. Core medium, roundish, clasping, partially open; seeds numerous, small, plump, brown; flesh whitish, moderately fine-grained, crisp, juicy, very mild subacid, good to very good. Winter. (U. S. Div. of Pomology, 1895.)