Salisbury
AppleSALISBURY
Origin/History
Origin unknown. The variety was grafted into a nursery on the old Salisbury farm in Cortland, New York, some years prior to 1850. Named after the father of Nathan Salisbury.
Geographic Distribution
Known only in the vicinity of Cortland, New York, where it is grown to a limited extent.
Fruit
Form & Size: Roundish; resembles Swaar in shape but a little larger.
Skin: Yellow with a faint shade of orange.
Stem: Short, slender, and peculiarly inserted in a very shallow depression.
Flesh & Flavor: Two contemporary accounts provide conflicting descriptions of flesh texture. Nathan Salisbury reports the flesh is very brittle and slightly acid. Emmons' earlier description characterizes it as tender, juicy, and subacid, with a very pleasant flavor, equal to Swaar in quality.
Ripening: Ripens slowly.
Tree
Not described in source.
Season
Not described in source.
Uses
Noted as of excellent quality; specific culinary or storage uses not described in source.
Synonyms & Local Names
Locally known in Cortland as Salisbury Pippin. Also called Salisbury Winter.
Other
S.A. Beach had not himself examined the fruit; this description is based on historical accounts and correspondence with Nathan Salisbury. Uncertainty remains whether this variety is identical with the Salisbury or Salisbury Pippin catalogued by Lyon.
Source: S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 1 (1905)
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 1 (1905)SALISBURY.
REFERENCES. 1. Emmons, Nat. Hist. N. Y., 3:51, 78. 1851. fig. 2. (?)Ragan, U. S. B. P. I. Bul., 56:273. 1905.
SYNONYMS. (Salisbury Pippin, 2) ? Salisbury Pippin, locally. SALISBURY WINTER (1).
A roundish yellow apple of excellent quality. So far as we have been able to learn it is known only in the vicinity of Cortland where it is grown to a limited extent. We have not seen the fruit. Mr. Nathan Salisbury, after whose father this variety was named (1), reports that the fruit resembles Swaar in shape but is a little larger, ripens slowly and has very brittle flesh which is slightly acid. According to Emmons' description the fruit is yellow with a faint shade of orange; stem short, slender and peculiarly inserted in a very shallow depression; flesh tender, juicy, subacid, very pleasant, equal to Swaar.
Historical. The origin of this variety is unknown. It was grafted into a nursery on the old Salisbury farm in Cortland, N. Y., some years prior to 1850. It is known in Cortland by the name Salisbury Pippin. We have not had opportunity to determine whether it is identical with the Salisbury or Salisbury Pippin catalogued by Lyon (2).