Princess Louise
ApplePrincess Louise
Origin / History
Originated near Grimsby, Ontario, on the farm of L. Woolverton, probably from seed of Fameuse.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Fruit medium.
Form: Roundish oblate, regular, obscurely angular.
Stem: Medium, slender.
Cavity: Wide, obtuse, regular, green.
Calyx: Closed; segments connivent. Tube funnel-shaped. Stamens median.
Basin: Smooth, rather shallow.
Skin: Surface greenish yellow, almost or wholly covered with a fine solid dark red with obscure splashes of darker red, sometimes with thin open net-work of russet.
Dots: Obscure, numerous, minute, whitish.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh tender, juicy, snow-white, fine-grained. Flavor pleasant, aromatic subacid (Fameuse type), very good.
Core and seeds: Core half open; cells round, entire. Seeds few, short, plump.
Season
October to December.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
- Budd & Hansen, Systematic Pomology (1914) — listed as Louise, Princess
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— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)Louise, Princess. — Originated near Grimsby, Ontario, on the farm of L. Woolverton, probably from seed of Fameuse.
Fruit medium, roundish oblate, regular, obscurely angular; surface greenish yellow, almost or wholly covered with a fine solid dark red with obscure splashes of darker red, sometimes with thin open net-work of russet; dots obscure, numerous, minute, whitish; cavity wide, obtuse, regular, green; stem medium, slender; basin smooth, rather shallow; calyx closed; segments connivent. Core half open; cells round, entire; tube funnel-shaped; stamens median; seeds few, short, plump; flesh tender, juicy, snow-white, fine-grained, pleasant, aromatic subacid (Fameuse type), very good. October to December.