Summer Hagloe
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Origin/History
An old sort. Wholly distinct from the Hagloe Crab, a late, small, ill-shaped, ovate fruit cultivated only for cider. (Thomas)
Tree
Vigorous, but slow in its growth while young; productive. Shoots thick and blunt; sources conflict slightly on shoot color: Downing gives the young shoots as clear light reddish brown, while Thomas describes them as dark, strong, and thick. Terminal buds very large. (Thomas)
Fruit
Size and Form: Sources conflict: Downing gives the fruit as large, roundish oblate; Thomas gives it as medium, roundish conic.
Stem: Short and thick; inserted in a broad, open cavity. (Downing; Thomas concurs on short and thick.)
Cavity: Broad and open. (Downing)
Calyx: Closed. (Downing)
Basin: Small and round. (Downing)
Skin: Whitish yellow ground (Downing) / yellow ground (Thomas), striped and splashed with bright red; covered with a thin bloom. (Downing)
Flesh/Flavor: White, rather coarse, tender, juicy, subacid — rated Good to very good. (Downing) Thomas gives the flesh as very soft, rich, and of fine quality.
Core/Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
August–September (Downing); ripens at the end of summer (Thomas).
Uses
An excellent culinary and table variety. (Downing; Thomas concurs: an excellent culinary variety.)
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
The Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (1914) includes Summer Hagloe in a variety-characteristic table:
Description absent; variety present in variety-characteristic table.
Summer Hagloe L rob rs VG b S 2* 5* 2*
Book Sources
Described in 3 period pomological works
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1864) from Oregon
- St. Helena Nursery , Howell's Prairie, Marion County , Oregon — 1864
View original book sources (3)
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Summer Hagloe. Hagloe. An old sort. Tree vigorous, but slow in its growth while young, thick blunt shoots, productive. Young shoots clear light reddish brown. Fruit large, roundish oblate, whitish yellow, striped and splashed with bright red, and covered with a thin bloom. Stalk short and thick, inserted in a broad, open cavity. Calyx closed, set in a small, round basin. Flesh white, rather coarse, tender, juicy, subacid. Good to very good. An excellent culinary and table variety. August, September.
— Granville Lowther (ed.), Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (1914)Summer Hagloe L rob rs VG b S 2* 5* 2*
— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)Summer Hagloe. Size medium, roundish conic; streaked with bright red on yellow ground; stalk rather short and thick; flesh very soft, rich, of fine quality. Ripens at the end of summer. An excellent culinary variety. Shoots dark, strong, thick; terminal buds very large. This is wholly distinct from the Hagloe Crab, a late, small, ill-shaped, ovate fruit, cultivated only for cider.