Ostogate

Apple

Ostogate

Origin/History

Supposed French origin.

Tree

Vigorous and productive.

Fruit

Size & Form: Medium, roundish oblate.

Color: Yellow with many gray russet dots.

Stem: Slender.

Cavity: Narrow and deep.

Calyx: Open.

Flesh & Flavor: Whitish yellow, fine, aromatic, sweet subacid.

Basin: Not described in source.

Core & Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

November.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Source: Downing, A.J. The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900), with cross-reference to American Pomology.

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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OSTOGATE.

Supposed French origin. Tree vigorous and productive.

Fruit medium, roundish oblate, yellow, with many gray russet dots. Stalk slender. Cavity narrow, deep. Calyx open. Flesh whitish yellow, fine, aromatic, sweet subacid. November. (An. Pom.)

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

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