Shiawasse Beauty

Apple

Origin and History

Michigan. The variety resembles Fameuse, though it exhibits more vigorous and upright tree growth and produces larger fruit than that standard.

Tree

Stronger and more upright grower than Fameuse.

Fruit

Size: Medium.

Form: Oblate, regular.

Surface: Smooth.

Skin: Deep brilliant red on greenish yellow ground.

Stem: Very short, deeply sunk.

Calyx Basin: Small, regular.

Flesh: White, tender, crisp.

Flavor: Sub-acid and aromatic.

Season

October and November.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

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Shiawasse Beauty. Medium, oblate, regular, smooth; deep brilliant red on greenish yellow ground; stalk very short, deeply sunk; basin small, regular; flesh white, tender, crisp, sub-acid and aromatic. October and November. Resembles Fameuse, but tree a stronger and more upright grower and fruit larger. Michigan.

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

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