SEPTEMBER BEAUTY

Apple

SEPTEMBER BEAUTY

Origin/History

SEPTEMBER BEAUTY was introduced by Messrs. Laxton around 1885. By 1920, Bunyard notes it is now superseded.

Tree

Growth is moderate (Bunyard). SEPTEMBER BEAUTY makes a nice upright spreading tree (Bunyard). It is described as hardy and producing good crops (Veitch).

Leaf: Long oval, nearly flat, undulating (Bunyard).

Fruit

Size

Medium. Bunyard gives dimensions of 2½ inches by 2 inches.

Form

Round flattened, slightly irregular (Bunyard).

Stem

Not described in source.

Cavity

Not described in source.

Calyx

Not described in source.

Basin

Not described in source.

Skin

Ground color lemon-yellow (Bunyard), described by Veitch as yellowish ground. Bunyard describes a very bright crimson flush with broad broken stripes. Veitch describes red stroggs over the yellowish ground. The two sources agree on the general character of a yellow base with red striping/streaking.

Flesh and Flavor

Both sources agree the flesh is yellow (Bunyard). The sources conflict on texture and quality: Bunyard describes the flesh as tender and "of no particular flavour," while Veitch describes the flesh as firm and juicy and calls SEPTEMBER BEAUTY "a very good dessert apple."

Core/Seeds

Not described in source.

Season

September to January (Bunyard). Veitch places the variety in September.

Uses

Dessert (both sources).

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 4 catalogs (1900–1913) 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
Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913

View original book sources (2)

SEPTEMBER BEAUTY. Dessert, September to January, medium, 2½ by 2, round flattened, slightly irregular. Colour, lemon-yellow with very bright crimson flush and broad broken stripes. Flesh, tender, yellow, of no particular flavour. Growth, moderate, makes a nice upright spreading tree. Leaf, long oval, nearly flat, undulating. Origin, introduced by Messrs. Laxton, about 1885. It is now superseded.

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

medium size, yellowish ground with red stroggs, a very good dessert apple, being hardy and producing good crops, flesh firm and juicy. September

— James Veitch & Sons, Veitch's Fruit Trees (1911) (1911)