Sable Sweet

Apple

Origin/History

Vermont

Tree

Good grower with spreading habit; productive.

Fruit

Size & Form: Medium, roundish oblate conic.

Skin: Whitish yellow, partially splashed and mottled with red.

Flesh & Flavor: Whitish, tender, juicy, mild sweet, subacid. Quality: good.

Season

August

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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Sable Sweet.

Origin, Vermont. Tree good grower, spreading, productive.

Fruit medium, roundish oblate conic, whitish yellow, partially splashed and mottled with red. Flesh whitish, tender, juicy, mild sweet, subacid. Good. August.

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