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SIGNE TILLISCH

Apple

SIGNE TILLISCH

Origin and History

Origin unknown.

Tree

Growth Habit: Upright, spreading growth habit; moderately vigorous.

Foliage: Leaves rather large, upfolded, twisted, sharply serrate.

Fruit

Size and Form: Fairly large. Dimensions 2½ by 3¼ inches. Form round conical with ribbed and angular sides.

Surface Appearance and Color: Ground color pale milky-yellow with faint brown-red flush. Surface very greasy.

Flesh and Flavor: Flesh white, moderately firm, a little sweet.

Calyx and Basin: Eye closed, set in a deep, much-ribbed basin.

Stem and Cavity: Stem short, set in a narrow and deep cavity; free from russet.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

October to December.

Uses

Culinary.

Subtypes and Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 1 catalog (1900)

  • Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
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SIGNE TILLISCH. Culinary, October to December, fairly large, 2½ by 3¼, round conical, ribbed and angular on sides. Colour, pale milky-yellow with faint brown-red flush, very greasy. Flesh, white, moderately firm, a little sweet. Eye, closed, in a deep and much ribbed basin. Stem, short in a narrow and deep cavity, free from russet. Growth, upright, spreading, moderately vigorous. Leaf, rather large, upfolded, twisted, sharply serrate. Origin unknown.

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