Shakespeare
AppleShakespeare
Origin / History
Shakespeare is an English dessert Apple. The description is attributed to Hogg and reproduced by A.J. Downing in The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900).
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: Roundish oblate conic.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Greenish, with brownish red next the sun, and few broken stripes of darker red.
Dots: Many, russety.
Flesh and flavor: Greenish yellow, firm, crisp, juicy, brisk, vinous.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
December to April.
Uses
English dessert Apple.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Hogg's description is given as reproduced in Downing's text.
Book Sources
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Shakespeare.
An English dessert Apple, described by Hogg as of medium size, roundish oblate conic, greenish, with brownish red next the sun, few broken stripes of darker red, many russety dots. Flesh greenish yellow, firm, crisp, juicy, brisk, vinous. December to April.