September. Pride of September. Origin, Canton County, Pa. Tree, hardy and vigorous, a good and regular bearer. Fruit, large, globular, somewhat depressed, very slightly conic angular; skin, yellow, slightly shaded, and thinly sprinkled with brown dots; stalk, short, inserted in a deep, abrupt cavity, surrounded by thin russet; calyx, partially closed, set in an open basin; flesh, yellowish, tender, juicy, with a very agreeable sub-acid flavor. October. (Downing.)

— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)

September.

This apple is highly esteemed by Mr. W. G. Waring, of Center County, Pennsylvania, where it originated.

Tree hardy and vigorous, a good and regular bearer.

"Fruit large, globular, somewhat depressed, slightly conic, angular; Skin yellow, slightly shaded and thinly sprinkled with brown dots; Stalk short, inserted in a deep, abrupt cavity, surrounded by thin russet; Calyx partially closed, set in an open basin; Flesh yellowish, tender, juicy, with a very agreeable sub-acid flavor; October." — Downing.

— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)

September. Pride of September. Origin, Centre Co., Pa., received from W. G. Waring. Tree hardy and vigorous, a good and regular bearer. Young wood smooth, reddish brown. Buds prominent. Fruit large, globular, somewhat depressed, very slightly conic, yellow, slightly shaded and thinly sprinkled with brown dots. Stalk short, inserted in a deep, abrupt cavity, surrounded by thin russet. Calyx partially closed, set in an open basin. Flesh yellowish, tender, juicy, very agreeable subacid. Very good. October.

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

September. Large, roundish, yellow; agreeable sub-acid. October. Pa.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

SEPTEMBER.

REFERENCES. 1. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1888:319. 2. Beach, N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 12:602. 1893.

SYNONYMS. None.

A very handsome fruit of good quality for either dessert or culinary use. It ripens a few days later than Transcendent.

The tree is a good grower, comes into bearing young and yields full crops biennially.

This is distinct from the September apple described by Downing.¹

Historical. Originated with Peter M. Gideon, Excelsior, Minn., from seed of Cherry Crab. In 1888 Mr. Gideon sent stock of this variety to this Station for testing.

TREE. Tree vigorous, with short, stout, crooked and twisted branches. Form rather flat, spreading, open. Twigs moderately long, curved, moderately stout with large terminal buds; internodes long. Bark clear brown, lightly mottled with scarf-skin; slightly pubescent near tips. Lenticels quite numerous, medium size, round, not raised. Buds prominent, large, long, plump, acute, free, not pubescent.

FRUIT. Fruit medium to large for a crab, uniform in size but not in shape. Form roundish oblate to somewhat oblong, inclined to conic, frequently ribbed; sides usually unequal. Stem usually long and slender. Cavity somewhat obtuse, rather shallow to medium in depth, medium to broad, occasionally furrowed, sometimes russeted. Calyx medium to rather large, closed or partly open. Basin mammillate, very shallow to moderately deep, medium in width, slightly obtuse. Skin thin, tender, smooth, pale yellow or greenish, striped with red, in well colored specimens becoming nearly covered with dark red, overspread with bluish bloom. Dots small, scattering, inconspicuous, gray or brownish. Calyx tube rather short, medium in width, broadly funnel-form; pistil point persistent. Stamens median to nearly marginal. Core medium size, axile or slightly abaxile; cells closed or wide open; core lines clasping. Carpels roundish, elongated. Seeds variable in shape, medium size, moderately wide, rather short, acute to broadly acute, rather light dull brown. Flesh tinged with yellow, medium in grain, moderately tender, juicy, subacid, not astringent but with an agreeable crabapple flavor, good to very good in quality. Season September.

¹ Downing, 1888:350.

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

SEPTEMBER. This variety, also, comes from Peter Gideon, but is not as desirable as several other of his crab-apples, though the fruits are handsome and of good quality for either dessert or culinary uses. The trees, though vigorous, have short, stout, crooked, twisted branches—serious defects which make the variety much more difficult to manage than several of its orchard associates. The variety is said to be a seedling from the Cherry crab. Tree vigorous, spreading, open, with short, stout, crooked and twisted branches. Fruit medium to large, uniform in size but not in shape, round-oblate to oblong, sometimes conic, frequently ribbed, sides usually unequal; stem long, slender; cavity obtuse, shallow, broad, occasionally furrowed, sometimes russeted; calyx large, closed or partly open; basin mammillate, shallow, deep, obtuse; skin thin, tender, smooth, pale yellow, striped with red, in well-colored specimens nearly covered with dark red, overspread with bloom; dots small, scattering, gray or brown; calyx-tube short, broadly funnel-form, pistil point persistent; stamens median; core medium size, axile or abaxile; cells closed or wide open; corelines clasping; carpels round, elongated; seeds variable in shape, of medium size, wide, short, acute, light dull brown; flesh yellow, tender, juicy, subacid, with an agreeable crab-apple flavor; good to very good; September.

— U.P. Hedrick, Cyclopedia of Hardy Fruits (1922)