Stansill

Apple

Stansill

Origin/History

Originated in North Carolina. (Downing, 1900.)

Tree

A good grower and early bearer. (Downing.)

Fruit

Size: Medium. (Downing.)

Form: Roundish oblate. (Downing.)

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Yellowish green, sometimes with a blush in the sun, and occasionally indistinctly striped. (Downing.)

Flesh/Flavor: Flesh yellow, subacid. Quality rated Good to Very Good. (Downing.)

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

January. (Downing.)

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

The Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (Lowther, 1914) includes this variety in a variety-characteristic table but provides no prose description:

Stansill. M rob gy G f W ..... 1* .....

Book Sources

Described in 2 period pomological works

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Stansill.

Origin, North Carolina. Tree a good grower and early bearer. Fruit medium, roundish oblate, yellowish green, sometimes a blush in sun, and occasionally indistinctly striped. Flesh yellow, subacid. Good to very good. January.

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

Stansill. M rob gy G f W ..... 1* .....

— Granville Lowther (ed.), Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (1914)