Sigler's Red
AppleSigler's Red
Origin / History
Sigler's Red is from near McConnellsville, Morgan County, Ohio. Jos. Sigler, for whom it was named, showed it before the Ohio Pomological Society at different times. It was named because it could not be identified as any known variety. John A. Warder's American Pomology: Apples (1867) is the source of this description. Elliott gives it as a synonym of Autumn Pearmain.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Fruit medium.
Form: Globular, slightly flattened, regular.
Stem: Short to medium, knobby.
Cavity: Acute, wavy.
Calyx: Eye small, closed.
Basin: Shallow, regular.
Skin: Surface smooth, mixed and splashed bright red.
Dots: Minute, rare.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh yellow, fine-grained, juicy. Flavor sub-acid, aromatic, rich. Quality almost best.
Core and seeds: Core wide, indistinct, closed, meeting the eye. Seeds pointed, plump.
Season
September.
Uses
Table. A beautiful dessert fruit.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Sigler's Red.
This very handsome apple, from near McConnellsville, Morgan County, Ohio, was shown before the Ohio Pomological Society, at different times, by Jos. Sigler, for whom it was named, because it was not identified as any known variety.
Fruit medium, globular, slightly flattened, regular; Surface smooth, mixed and splashed bright red; Dots minute, rare.
Basin shallow, regular; Eye small, closed.
Cavity acute, wavy; Stem short to medium, knobby.
Core wide, indistinct, closed, meeting the eye; Seeds pointed, plump; Flesh yellow, fine-grained, juicy; Flavor sub-acid, aromatic, rich; Quality almost best; Use, table; Season, September.
A beautiful dessert fruit. Elliott gives it as synonym to Autumn Pearmain.