Potts' Seedling
Apple
POTTS' SEEDLING
Origin/History
This apple was raised from the seeds of an American apple at Ashton-under-Lyne about the year 1849 by the late Mr. Samuel Potts, of Robinson Lane, Ashton. It is described and represented here for the first time in The Herefordshire Pomona.
Tree
Very hardy and robust in growth. Bears abundantly. Foliage heavy and roundish. Forms a beautiful bush or pyramid. From being so good a cropper, it is suited to become a profitable market apple.
Fruit
Size & Form: Large, full, round, and upright, but not conical. Sometimes irregular in shape, about three inches broad and three and a half inches high.
Skin: Light green, not unlike Lord Suffield, becoming very yellow when ripe, with numerous small golden spots on the sunny side.
Stem (Stalk): Long, deeply inserted in a narrow cavity, and often connected with the apple by a fleshy protuberance on one side.
Cavity: Narrow.
Calyx/Eye: Shallow, with converging segments.
Flesh: White, with a very agreeable acidity.
Core & Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
In its best flavour in October and November. Will keep, with care, until January.
Uses
An excellent cooking apple.
Other
The fruit should be gathered before it is too ripe, or, like the Lord Suffield apple, it will be bruised in carriage.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 5 catalogs (1900–1917) from England
- George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1900
- James Veitch & Sons , Ltd., Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, London (also Coombe Wood, Langley, and Feltham) , England — 1911
- Thomas Rivers & Son , Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire , England — 1913
- George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1914
- George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1917
View original book sources (1)
— Woolhope Naturalists Field Club, The Herefordshire Pomona (1885)
- POTTS' SEEDLING.
This Apple was raised from the seeds of an American apple, at Ashton-under-Lyne, about the year 1849, by the late Mr. Samuel Potts, of Robinson Lane, Ashton.
Description.—Fruit, large, full, round, and upright, but not conical; sometimes irregular in shape, about three inches broad, and three and a half inches high. Skin, light green, not unlike Lord Suffield, becoming very yellow when ripe, with numerous small golden spots on the sunny side. Eye, shallow, with converging segments. Stalk, long, deeply inserted in a narrow cavity, and often connected with the apple by a fleshy protuberance on one side. Flesh, white, with a very agreeable acidity.
This is an excellent cooking apple. It is in its best flavour in October and November, but it will keep, with care, until January.
The tree is very hardy, robust in growth, with heavy roundish foliage, and bears abundantly. It forms a beautiful bush, or pyramid, and, from being so good a cropper, should become a very profitable market apple. The fruit should be gathered before it is too ripe, or, like the Lord Suffield apple, it will be bruised in carriage.
This apple is now described and represented for the first time.