President

Apple

President

Origin/History

Originated on the farm of Capt. John White, Salem, New Hampshire. The original tree is said to have been in bearing at the inauguration of Washington as President, and to have been yet in a healthy condition at the time of Downing's writing.

Tree

Vigorous, productive.

Fruit

Size: Large.

Form: Roundish oblate (Downing); roundish (Thomas).

Skin: Pale yellow, with a tinge of red in the sun (Downing); yellow, with red on the sunny side (Thomas). Few gray dots (Downing); slightly sprinkled with gray dots (Thomas).

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Flesh/Flavor: Yellow, firm, juicy, subacid. Quality rated Good.

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

September, October.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

The following entry appears in the Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (1914) variety-characteristic table. The column key is not reproduced in the source excerpt and the abbreviations are not decoded here.

Description absent; variety present in variety-characteristic table.

President....L rob yr G b W 6* 2*

Book Sources

Described in 3 period pomological works

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President.

Origin, farm of Capt. John White, Salem, N. H. Tree vigorous, productive.

Fruit large, roundish oblate, pale yellow, with a tinge of red in the sun, few gray dots. Flesh yellow, firm, juicy, subacid. Good. September, October.

The original tree of the President is said to have been in bearing at the inauguration of Washington as President, and to be yet in a healthy condition.

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

President....L rob yr G b W 6* 2*

— Granville Lowther (ed.), Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (1914)

President. Large, roundish; yellow, with red on sunny side, slightly sprinkled with gray dots.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

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