Putnam Sweet
ApplePutnam Sweet
Origin/History
Originated near Marietta, Ohio. Downing's entry explicitly cites Warder as the source and is a condensed restatement of the same description.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Large.
Form: Flat, regular.
Stem: Short.
Cavity: Wide, regular.
Calyx: Small, closed. (Warder gives "Eye small, closed"; Downing gives "Calyx small, closed" — synonymous terms.)
Basin: Wide, shallow, regular.
Skin: Smooth; mixed, splashed, and striped deep red. Dots numerous, large.
Flesh/Flavor: Flesh tender. Flavor sweet. Quality very good.
Core/Seeds: Core roundish, flattened, open, clasping the eye. Seeds numerous, pointed, pale.
Season
August–September.
Uses
Kitchen; stock.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Putnam Sweet.
Originated near Marietta, Ohio.
Fruit large, flat, regular; Surface smooth, mixed, splashed and striped deep red; Dots numerous, large. Basin wide, shallow, regular; Eye small, closed. Cavity wide, regular; Stem short. Core roundish, flattened, open, clasping the eye; Seeds numerous, pointed, pale; Flesh tender; Flavor sweet; quality very good; Use, kitchen, stock; Season August, September.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Putnam Sweet.
Originated near Marietta, Ohio.
Fruit large, flat, regular, surface smooth, mixed, splashed, and striped deep red. Dots numerous, large. Calyx small, closed. Stalk short. Flesh tender, sweet, very good. Kitchen, stock. August, September. (Warder.)