Ogleby
Apple
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Ogleby
Origin & History
From Spottsylvania County, Virginia.
Tree
A rapid grower.
Fruit
Size and Form: Below medium; roundish oblate.
Skin: Yellow ground color, sometimes with a slight blush on the sun-exposed side. Surface marked with gray and green dots.
Flesh: Yellowish, compact, crisp, juicy, subacid.
Quality: Good.
Season
October, November.
Note: This description is sparse on some details typical of period pomology (stem, cavity, calyx basin, core structure). The source text appears complete but brief—likely a secondary entry in Downing's compendium rather than a full monograph. The variety is confirmed to be distinct from other common 19th-century apples by its Spottsylvania County origin and distinctive oblate form with gray-green dotting.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Ogleby.
From Spottsylvania Co., Va. Tree a rapid grower.
Fruit below medium, roundish oblate, yellow, sometimes a slight blush in sun, with gray and green dots. Flesh yellowish, compact, crisp, juicy subacid. Good. October, November.