Scott's Best
AppleScott's Best
Origin/History
Scott's Best originated on the farm of Luther Scott, Hinsdale, Cattaraugus County, New York. The variety is referenced in Downing (1869:349).
Tree
The tree is moderately vigorous and spreading in habit.
Fruit
Size and Form
Fruit medium to large, roundish oblate.
Stem
Stalk variable, slender.
Cavity
Slightly russeted.
Calyx
Nearly closed.
Basin
Not described in source.
Skin
Yellowish, shaded and mottled with light red, striped and splashed with crimson.
Flesh/Flavor
Flesh whitish, fine-grained, tender, juicy, agreeable, slightly aromatic, subacid. Quality rated good to very good.
Core/Seeds
Not described in source.
Season
November and December.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
- Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)
- Beach, The Apples of New York Vol. 2 (1905) — listed as Scott Best
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1901) from Illinois
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
View original book sources (2)
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Scott's Best. Origin, farm of Luther Scott, Hinsdale, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. Tree moderately vigorous, spreading. Fruit medium to large, roundish oblate, yellowish shaded and mottled with light red, striped and splashed with crimson. Stalk variable, slender. Cavity slightly russeted. Calyx nearly closed. Flesh whitish, fine-grained, tender, juicy, agreeable, slightly aromatic, subacid. Good to very good. November, December.
— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 2 (1905)SCOTT BEST.
Reference. 1. Downing, 1869:349. Synonyms. None.
We are unacquainted with this variety and have received no report concerning it from any of our correspondents. According to Downing it originated on the farm of Luther Scott, Hinsdale, Cattaraugus county, N. Y. The tree is moderately vigorous, spreading; the fruit medium to large, yellowish, shaded and mottled with light red, striped and splashed with crimson; flesh whitish, fine, tender, subacid, good to very good. Season November and December (1).