Sawyer

Apple

Sawyer

Origin/History

Originated with Amos Sawyer of Hillsborough, Illinois.

Tree

Vigorous, upright growth habit. Early bearer.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium; conic truncated, regular.

Color: Waxy yellow with faint blush of crimson, thinly sprinkled with small gray dots.

Stalk: Medium, slender.

Cavity: Medium, acute.

Calyx: Rather large, somewhat open; segments reflexed.

Basin: Deep, abrupt, regular.

Flesh: Yellow, breaking, tender, juicy, subacid.

Core: Small.

Season

April to July.

Quality

Good.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Source: A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900); cited from American Journal of Horticulture.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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Sawyer. Origin, Amos Sawyer, Hillsborough, Ill. Tree vigorous, upright, early bearer. Fruit medium. Form conic truncated, regular. Color waxy yellow, with faint blush of crimson, thinly sprinkled with small gray dots. Stalk medium, slender. Cavity medium, acute. Calyx rather large, somewhat open. Segments reflexed. Basin deep, abrupt, regular. Flesh yellow, breaking, tender, juicy, subacid. Core small. Quality good. April to July. (Am. Jour. of Hort.)

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