Spark's
Apple
Spark's (Spark's Late)
Origin and History
Fruited by James H. Grain of Undulation, Pulaski County, Illinois, on trees received from J. W. Felt & Co., Crystal Springs, Mississippi. Special origin unknown, but believed to be southern.
Tree
Vigorous, upright, and productive. Shoots stout.
Fruit
Size and Form: Full medium to large, oblong, conic, regular, handsome.
Skin: Greenish-yellow. Dots numerous, rather large, gray and rough.
Stem: Medium to long.
Cavity: Deep, acute, regular, green.
Basin: Shallow, small, regular.
Calyx/Eye: Very small, closed.
Core and Seeds: Core medium, oval, closed, meeting the eye. Seeds numerous, plump.
Flesh and Flavor: Flesh yellow, breaking, fine-grained, juicy. Flavor sub-acid, rich, very aromatic.
Season
December and January.
Uses
Dessert, especially.
Quality
Best.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Spark's.
Spark's Late.
Fruited by Jas. H. Grain, of Undulation, Pulaski County, Illinois, on trees received from J. W. Felt & Co., Crystal Springs, Mississippi.
Special origin unknown, but believed to be southern.
Tree vigorous, upright and productive; Shoots stout.
Fruit full medium to large, oblong, conic, regular, handsome; Surface greenish-yellow; Dots numerous, rather large, gray and rough.
Basin shallow, small, regular; Eye very small, closed.
Cavity deep, acute, regular, green; Stem medium to long.
Core medium, oval, closed, meeting the eye; Seeds numerous, plump; Flesh yellow, breaking, fine-grained, juicy; Flavor sub-acid, rich, very aromatic; Use, dessert especially; Season, December and January; Quality best.