Summer Cheese
AppleSummer Cheese
Origin / History
Origin unknown. An old variety, of poor quality. Described by A.J. Downing in The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900).
Tree
Tree a strong grower, spreading. Not an early bearer, but moderately productive when old.
Fruit
Size: Fruit medium.
Form: Fruit oblate, sides sometimes unequal.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Yellow, occasionally with a tinge of red in the sun.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh whitish, tender, juicy, subacid. Quality poor.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
August, 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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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Summer Cheese.
Cheese Apple. Maryland Cheese. Prather Apple. Findlay Apple.
An old variety, of poor quality. Origin unknown. Tree a strong grower, spreading, not an early bearer, but moderately productive when old.
Fruit medium, oblate, sides sometimes unequal, yellow, occasionally with a tinge of red in the sun. Flesh whitish, tender, juicy, subacid. August, September.