Summer Bellflower
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Summer Bellflower
Origin and History
Origin unknown. This variety is distinct from the Summer Bellflower of New York.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Large.
Form: Oblong conic; much like Yellow Bellflower.
Stem: Short.
Cavity: Deep, wide, acute, regular, with a stellate russet patch.
Calyx: Closed; segments erect and converging.
Basin: Narrow, very shallow, ribbed and corrugated.
Skin: Clear waxen yellow, deepening to golden yellow on the sunny side. Dots few, minute, distinct, and 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, with a slit; tube conical; stamens median. Seeds about twelve, short and plump.
Season
Last of August and early September.
Uses
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.