Sleight
Apple
SLEIGHT
Origin/History Originated with Edgar Sleight of Dutchess County, New York. An apple of the Lady type. At the time of publication (1905), this variety had not been reported as grown outside its locality of origin.
Fruit Described by Downing as an almost perfect facsimile of Lady except nearly twice as large.
Season Ripens slightly earlier than the Lady variety.
Tree Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
USDA Nomenclature (1905)
From W.H. Ragan, Nomenclature of the Apple, USDA Bulletin No. 56
A seedling of Lady.
View original book sources (1)
— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 1 (1905)SLEIGHT.
REFERENCES. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1867. (cited by 3). 2. Downing, 1869:353. 3. Ragan, U. S. B. P. I. Bul. 56:285. 1905.
SYNONYMS. SLEIGHT'S LADY APPLE (2). Sleight's Lady Apple (3). SLIGHT'S LADY APPLE (1). Slight's Lady Apple (3).
An apple of the Lady type which originated with Edgar Sleight, Dutchess county, N. Y. Downing describes it as an almost perfect facsimile of Lady except that it is nearly twice as large and ripens a little earlier. We have not seen this variety and have received no report of its being grown outside of the locality of its origin.