Sailee Russet
AppleSailee Russet
Origin / History
Sailee Russet is a local variety grown in the vicinity of Lake Champlain. Waugh (1901) gives the following account: "Sailee was a Frenchman who came over from France about a hundred years ago and who had a farm on Cumberland Head, Clinton county, N. Y., just across from Grand Isle. He had a large orchard and grew many varieties of apples, some of which he had brought from France, others of which came from other sources, and some of which he originated himself. From his having given his own name to this variety it is supposed to have originated in his own grounds. It was early distributed to Grand Isle, and may be found in several of the older and more complete collections. It is a good variety, but not superior to Roxbury."
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Small to medium.
Form: Oblate, slightly conic.
Stem: Medium long, slender.
Cavity: Very deep and broad.
Calyx: Small, closed.
Basin: Deep, corrugated.
Skin: Tough. Color dull green with occasional blush and considerable russet.
Dots: Russet.
Flesh and flavor: White. Flavor subacid, quality good.
Core and seeds: Core small.
Season
Early winter.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Described by Waugh in the Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station Annual Report, vol. 14, p. 307 (1901), and reprinted by S.A. Beach in The Apples of New York, vol. 2 (1905).
Book Sources
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— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 2 (1905)SAILEE RUSSET.
REFERENCE. i. Waugh, Vt. Sta. An. Rpt., 14:307. 1901.
SYNONYMS. None.
A local variety grown in the vicinity of Lake Champlain. The following account of it is given by Waugh (i): "Sailee was a Frenchman who came over from France about a hundred years ago and who had a farm on Cumberland Head, Clinton county, N. Y., just across from Grand Isle. He had a large orchard and grew many varieties of apples, some of which he had brought from France, others of which came from other sources, and some of which he originated himself. From his having given his own name to this variety it is supposed to have originated in his own grounds. It was early distributed to Grand Isle, and may be found in several of the older and more complete collections. It is a good variety, but not superior to Roxbury.
"Fruit oblate, slightly conic, size small to medium, cavity very deep and broad, stem medium long, slender, basin deep, corrugated, calyx small, closed, color dull green with occasional blush and considerable russet, dots russet, skin tough, flesh white, core small, flavor subacid, quality good, season early winter."