Perkins No. 78

Apple

Origin / History

Origin referenced to Perkins No. 32 (see that entry).

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Large to very large, very regular, roundish oblong, slightly conic.

Surface: Polished, waxen yellow, almost wholly covered with brilliant dark red with darker crimson splashes and stripes; a showy fruit. Dots obscure, very minute, many, whitish.

Stem: Long.

Cavity: Narrow, acuminate, deep, with patch of stellate russet.

Basin: Shallow, wrinkled, regular.

Calyx: Closed, segments connivent.

Flesh and Flavor: Flesh white, faintly stained next to skin; juicy, tender, sprightly acid, good.

Core and Seeds: Core half open, clasping; cells roomy, ovate, slit; tube conical; stamens median; seeds twelve, plump.

Season

Earlier than Wealthy.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)

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Perkins No. 78—Origin, see Perkins No. 32—Fruit large to very large, very regular, roundish oblong, slightly conic; surface polished, waxen yellow, almost wholly covered with brilliant dark red with darker crimson splashes and stripes, a showy fruit; dots obscure, very minute, many, whitish; cavity narrow, acuminate, deep, with patch of stellate russet; stem long; basin shallow, wrinkled, regular; calyx closed, segments connivent. Core half open, clasping; cells roomy, ovate, slit; tube conical; stamens median; seeds twelve, plump; flesh white, faintly stained next to skin; juicy, tender, sprightly acid, good. Earlier than Wealthy.

— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)