Perkins No. 46
AppleOrigin
Documented under Perkins No. 32.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Form and Size: Medium, roundish oblate, regular, somewhat ribbed and angular.
Surface: Greenish yellow, thinly covered with mixed dark red, indistinctly splashed. Dots gray, minute, numerous, distinct.
Cavity: Green, regular, wide, obtuse. Stem medium.
Basin: Wide, shallow, wrinkled.
Flesh and Flavor: Yellowish white, firm, fine grained, pleasant subacid, good.
Core and Seeds: Core closed; cells round, slit; tube conical; stamens basal. Seeds eleven, plump.
Season
Winter.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)Perkins No. 46—Origin, see Perkins No. 32—Fruit medium, roundish oblate, regular, somewhat ribbed and angular; surface greenish yellow, thinly covered with mixed dark red, indistinctly splashed; dots gray, minute, numerous, distinct; cavity green, regular, wide, obtuse; stem medium; basin wide, shallow, wrinkled. Core closed; cells round, slit; tube conical; stamens basal; seeds eleven, plump; flesh yellowish white, firm, fine grained, pleasant subacid, good. Winter.