SCHOOLMASTER

Apple

Origin/History

Raised in 1855 from seed of a Canadian apple. The original tree grew in Old Stamford Grammar School Garden. Introduced by Messrs. Laxton in 1882.

Tree

Growth vigorous; fertile.

Fruit

Size: Fairly large; 3 by 2⅔ inches.

Form: Conical.

Skin: Bright green with slight flush.

Cavity: Small, irregular.

Stem: Very short.

Calyx/Eye: Closed, in a deep basin.

Flesh: Crisp, white, slightly acid.

Season

October to January.

Uses

Culinary.

Other

Now little grown in the South (as of 1920).

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 3 catalogs (1900–1911) from England, Illinois

Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
James Veitch & Sons , Ltd., Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, London (also Coombe Wood, Langley, and Feltham) , England — 1911

View original book sources (1)

SCHOOLMASTER. Fl. and Pom., 1882, 169. Culinary, October to January, fairly large, 3 by 2⅔, conical. Colour, bright green with slight flush. Flesh, crisp, white, slightly acid. Eye, closed, in a deep basin. Stem, very short, in a small irregular cavity. Growth, vigorous; fertile. Origin, raised in 1855 from the seed of a Canadian apple. The original tree grew in Old Stamford Grammar School Garden. Introduced by Messrs. Laxton, in 1882. Now little grown in the South.

— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)