Ox Sweet

Apple

Ox Sweet

Origin & History

From Massachusetts.

Tree

Very vigorous, upright spreading.

Fruit

Size: Above medium.

Form: Roundish oblate.

Stem: Short.

Calyx: Closed.

Skin: Greenish, sometimes a little bronzed in the sun, with many light and gray dots.

Flesh: Yellowish white, juicy, tender, sweet, and pleasant. Quality rated "Good."

Core: Rather large.

Season & Uses

October, November.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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Ox Sweet. From Massachusetts. Tree very vigorous, upright spreading. Fruit above medium, roundish oblate, greenish, sometimes a little bronzed in the sun, many light and gray dots. Stalk short. Calyx closed. Flesh yellowish white, juicy, tender, sweet, and pleasant. Good. Core rather large. October, November.

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

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