Summer Bellflower
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Summer Bellflower
Origin / History
Origin unknown. The variety is recorded as the Summer Bellflower of Pennsylvania and is distinct from the Summer Bellflower of New York. It is described by J.L. Budd and N.E. Hansen in American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914).
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Fruit large.
Form: Oblong conic, much like Yellow Bellflower.
Stem: Short.
Cavity: Deep, wide, acute, regular, with stellate russet patch.
Calyx: Closed; segments erect converging. Tube conical. Stamens median.
Basin: Narrow, very shallow, ribbed and corrugated.
Skin: Surface a clear waxen yellow, deepening to a golden yellow on sunny side.
Dots: Few, minute, distinct, russet.
Flesh and flavor: Yellow, with yellow veinings, fine-grained. Rich, spicy, mild subacid, very good.
Core and seeds: Core wide open, meeting; cells elliptical, very roomy, slit. Seeds about twelve, short, plump.
Season
Last of August and early September.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)Summer Bellflower (of Pennsylvania). — Origin unknown. Distinct from the Summer Bellflower of New York.
Fruit large, oblong conic, much like Yellow Bellflower; surface a clear waxen yellow deepening to a golden yellow on sunny side; dots few, minute, distinct, russet; cavity deep, wide, acute, regular, with stellate russet patch; stem short; basin narrow, very shallow, ribbed and corrugated; calyx closed; segments erect converging. Core wide open, meeting; cells elliptical, very roomy, slit; tube conical; stamens median; seeds about twelve, short, plump; flesh yellow, with yellow veinings, fine-grained, rich, spicy, mild subacid, very good. Last of August and early September.