Summer Cheese
AppleOrigin/History
An old variety of unknown origin. Known by several regional names including Cheese Apple, Maryland Cheese, Prather Apple, and Findlay Apple.
Tree
Strong grower with a spreading habit. Not an early bearer, but becomes moderately productive with age.
Fruit
Medium, oblate form with sides sometimes unequal. Skin yellow, occasionally with a tinge of red in the sun. Flesh whitish, tender, juicy, and subacid.
Season
August, September.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Noted as a variety of poor quality.
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.