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Origin and History
Large, handsome fruit exhibited at the American Pomological Society's meeting at Philadelphia in 1860 by Charles P. Davis of Phillipsburgh, New Jersey. The Committee reported it "Good."
Fruit
Size and Form: Large, roundish-conic, irregular.
Surface: Smooth, yellow, striped, splashed and mixed carmine. Dots scattered, yellow.
Cavity: Wide, wavy; coloring brown and yellow. Stem medium, knobby.
Basin: Abrupt, narrow, folded, plaited. Eye medium, large, closed.
Core and Seeds: Core roundish, open, clasping. Seeds angular, imperfect.
Flesh and Flavor: Flesh yellowish-white, breaking, fine-grained, juicy. Flavor sub-acid, aromatic. Quality good to very good.
Season
September.
Uses
Table and kitchen.
Tree
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Senger.
This large, handsome fruit was exhibited at the American Pomological Society's meeting at Philadelphia, in 1860, by Chas. P. Davis, of Phillipsburgh, New Jersey. The Committee reported it "Good."
Fruit large, roundish-conic, irregular; Surface smooth, yellow, striped, splashed and mixed carmine; Dots scattered, yellow.
Basin abrupt, narrow, folded, plaited; Eye medium, large, closed.
Cavity wide, wavy, brown and yellow; Stem medium, knobby.
Core roundish, open, clasping; Seeds angular, imperfect; Flesh yellowish-white, breaking, fine-grained, juicy; Flavor sub-acid, aromatic; Quality good to very good; Use, table, kitchen; Season, September.