Scribner
AppleScribner
Origin / History
Originated with Elijah Scribner, Plattsburg, New York. Downing, 1872, described the fruit in his appendix under the name Scribner's Spitzenburgh. Beach, 1905, states that the variety appears to be practically unknown among New York fruit growers.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: "angular, roundish conical"
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Shaded with bright deep red.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: "crisp, tender, juicy, subacid, slightly aromatic." Quality very good.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Midwinter. "in season from December to February"
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Cited in American Farmer, 1859 (as cited by Ragan, 1905); Downing, 1872, appendix; Burrill and McCluer, Illinois State Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 45, p. 340, 1896; Ragan, U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry Bulletin 56, p. 277, 1905.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
View original book sources (1)
— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 1 (1905)SCRIBNER.
REFERENCES. 1. American Farmer, 1859. (cited by 4). 2. Downing, 1872: app. 3. Burrill and McCluer, Ill. Sta. Bul. 45:340. 1896. 4. Ragan, U. S. B. P. I. Bul. 56:277. 1905.
SYNONYMS. SCRIBNER'S SPITZENBERG (3). SCRIBNER'S SPITZENBURGH (2). Scribner's Spitsenburgh (4).
A medium-sized midwinter apple of very good quality which originated with Elijah Scribner, Plattsburg, New York. Downing describes the fruit as "angular, roundish conical, shaded with bright deep red; flesh crisp, tender, juicy, subacid, slightly aromatic; in season from December to February" (2). This variety appears to be practically unknown among New York fruit growers.