Reliance
AppleReliance (Apple)
Origin and History
Origin in Berlin, Wisconsin. Received from G. N. Smith, who reports the variety to be valuable for that locality for its hardiness, vigor, and productiveness.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Form and Surface: Conical or oblong conical; slightly ribbed or with broad shallow furrows.
Skin: Pale light yellow with broken stripes and shades of deep red where fully exposed.
Stalk: Short.
Cavity: Deep, open; slight greenish russet.
Calyx: Nearly closed.
Basin: Deep, broad, open; with many small sharp furrows.
Flesh and Flavor: White; half fine texture; tender; moderately juicy; mild subacid flavor. Quality: good to very good.
Core: Rather open at centre.
Size: Not described in source.
Season
January to March.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Source: A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900), cited in Rural New-Yorker.
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Reliance.
Origin, Berlin, Wis.; received from G. N. Smith, who writes that it is valuable for that locality for its hardiness, vigor, and productiveness.
Fruit conical, or oblong conical, slightly ribbed, or with broad shallow furrows; skin pale light yellow with broken stripes and shades of deep red where fully exposed; stalk short; cavity deep, open, slight greenish russet; calyx nearly closed; basin deep, broad, open, with many small sharp furrows; flesh white, half fine, tender, moderately juicy, mild subacid; good to very good; core rather open at centre. January to March.—(Rural New-Yorker.)