Fall Stripe.

Saxton.

An old variety which originated in Massachusetts or Connecticut. Tree vigorous, forming a handsome round head; very productive alternate years; an early bearer.

Fruit medium, roundish oblate, regular; skin yellow, shaded, striped and splashed with light and dark red over the whole surface, having a few light and brown dots; stalk short, small; cavity medium, slightly russeted; calyx closed; basin medium, slightly corrugated; flesh yellowish, a little coarse, juicy, tender, subacid, slightly aromatic; good to very good; core small. September.

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

Saxton (Pail Stripe)—An old variety of Massachusetts or Connecticut origin; is also raised in parts of the west; tree vigorous, round-headed, an early bearer, very productive alternate years—Fruit medium, roundish, truncated, somewhat irregular and obscurely ribbed; surface greenish yellow, thinly washed with light red, with distinct dark red stripes and splashes, mixed red on sunny side; dots minute, white, obscure; cavity acute, slightly russeted; stem medium to long; basin wide, shallow, often flat, ribbed and wrinkled; calyx closed, segments erect convergent. Core wide open, meeting or barely clasping; cells round, roomy, abaxile, slit; tube funnel-shaped; stamens median; seeds many, short, plump, easily loosened so as to rattle when shaken; flesh yellowish, juicy, tender, mild subacid, good to very good. September.

— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)

SAXTON.

REFERENCES. 1. Prairie Farmer, 1860 (cited by 9). 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1871:8. 3. Downing, 1872:11 app. 4. Thomas, 1875:511. 5. Gibb, Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1886-7:94. 6. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:239. 7. Ib., 1892:249. 8. Burrill and McCluer, Ill. Sta. Bul., 45:321. 1896. 9. Ragan, U. S. B. P. I. Bul., 56:107. 1905. 10. Ib., 56:275. 1905.

SYNONYMS. FALL STRIPE (3, 7, 8, 9). Fall Stripe (4, 5, 10). SAXTON (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10). Saxton (3, 7, 9).

An old New England variety (3). Fruit yellow, shaded and splashed with light and dark red; flesh a little coarse, subacid, good to very good; season September. It was put upon the list of the American Pomological Society in 1871 (2) and dropped from that list in 1897. It is still listed by some nurserymen (6) but so far as we can learn it is practically unknown among New York fruit growers.

— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 2 (1905)

Saxton (Fall Stripe). — An old variety of Massachusetts or Connecticut origin; is also raised in parts of the West; tree vigorous, round-headed, an early bearer, very productive alternate years.

Fruit medium, roundish, truncated, somewhat irregular and obscurely ribbed; surface greenish yellow, thinly washed with light red, with distinct dark red stripes and splashes, mixed red on sunny side; dots minute, white, obscure; cavity acute, slightly russeted; stem medium to long; basin wide, shallow, often flat, ribbed and wrinkled; calyx closed; segments erect convergent. Core wide open, meeting or barely clasping; cells round, roomy, abaxile, slit; tube funnel-shaped; stamens median; seeds many, short, plump, easily loosened so as to rattle when shaken; flesh yellowish, juicy, tender, mild subacid, good to very good. September.

— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)

Saxton (21): medium in size; roundish oblate in form; yellow-red in skin color; good in quality; family use; autumn season. Northern Division: 1 station reporting (variety reported in more than one division); Central Division: 1 station reporting (variety reported in more than one division).

— Granville Lowther (ed.), Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (1914)