Sleight
AppleSleight
Origin / History
Raised by Edgar Sleight, Dutchess County, N. Y. Downing (1900) calls it "Sleight's Lady Apple," a "valuable" apple, "almost a perfect fac-simile of Lady Apple," except for its size. Beach (1905) places it as an apple of the Lady type and cites earlier references in the American Pomological Society Report of 1867 (as "Slight's Lady Apple"), Downing 1869, and Ragan, Bulletin 56 of the U. S. Bureau of Plant Industry, 1905. Beach had not seen the variety and had received no report of its being grown outside the locality of its origin.
Tree
Somewhat more vigorous and spreading than the Lady tree. Very productive.
Fruit
Size: Nearly twice as large as Lady.
Form: Not described in source.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Not described in source.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Not described in source.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
A little earlier in ripening than Lady.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
- Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900) — listed as Sleight's Lady Apple
- Beach, The Apples of New York Vol. 1 (1905)
USDA Nomenclature (1905)
From W.H. Ragan, Nomenclature of the Apple, USDA Bulletin No. 56
A seedling of Lady.
View original book sources (2)
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Sleight's Lady Apple.
This valuable Apple was raised by Edgar Sleight, Dutchess Co., N. Y. It is almost a perfect fac-simile of Lady Apple, except being nearly twice as large. Tree somewhat more vigorous and spreading than the Lady Apple, and very productive. The fruit a little earlier in ripening
— 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.