Sisk

Apple

Sisk

Origin/History Farm of Joseph Sisk, near Preston, Maryland.

Tree Vigorous, upright. Not an early bearer, but with age bears good crops annually; some seasons less alternate years.

Fruit

Size & Form: Rather large, oblate, somewhat depressed.
Stem: Short, small.
Cavity: Broad, deep.
Calyx: Large, open.
Basin: Broad, deep, slightly corrugated.
Skin: Pale yellow, shaded and rather obscurely striped and splashed with light and dark red; a few brown dots.
Flesh & Flavor: Whitish yellow, half fine, tender, juicy, pleasant subacid, slightly aromatic.
Core & Seeds: Not described in source.

Season October to January.

Uses Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Source: A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 2 catalogs (1901–1913) from Illinois

Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913

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Sisk.

Origin, on the farm of Joseph Sisk, near Preston, Maryland; tree vigorous, upright; not an early bearer, but with age bears good crops, annually; some seasons less alternate years.

Fruit rather large, oblate, somewhat depressed; skin pale yellow, shaded, and rather obscurely striped and splashed with light and dark red, a few brown dots; stalk short, small; cavity broad, deep; calyx large, open; basin broad, deep, slightly corrugated; flesh whitish yellow, half fine, tender, juicy, pleasant subacid, slightly aromatic. October, January.

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)