Summer Limbertwig
Apple
Summer Limbertwig
Origin/History
A Southern variety from Greensboro', North Carolina. Warder (1867) records having obtained it from S. Westbrooke of that location. Warder notes that his own trees procured under this name proved to be Rawle's Janet, and he therefore defers to Downing's account; he further remarks that what he had fruited and described as the Hocking may prove to be the same variety. Downing's 1900 entry is itself attributed to Warder, making both sources ultimately derived from the same original description.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium; flat, regular.
Stem: Long, inclined.
Cavity: Acute, regular, brown.
Calyx: Wide, open.
Basin: Shallow, wide, regular.
Skin: Pale yellow, mixed pink, striped dark red.
Dots: Minute, gray, indented.
Flesh and Flavor: Flesh white, tender, fine-grained, juicy. Flavor sub-acid, aromatic, agreeable. Quality very good, if not best.
Core and Seeds: Core wide, regular, closed, clasping. Axis short. Seeds numerous, plump, dark.
Season
August, September.
Uses
Table.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Summer Limbertwig.
Southern; obtained from S. Westbrooke, Greensboro', North Carolina.
Fruit medium, flat, regular; Surface pale yellow, mixed pink, striped dark red; Dots minute, gray, indented Basin shallow, wide, regular; Eye wide, open. Cavity acute, regular, brown; Stem long, inclined. Core wide, regular, closed, clasping; Axis short; Seeds numerous, plump, dark; Flesh white, tender, fine-grained, juicy; Flavor sub-acid, aromatic, agreeable; Quality very good, if not best; Use table; Season August, September.
Having been disappointed in my trees obtained for this variety, which proved to be Rawle's Janet, I prefer to quote from Mr. Downing. What I have fruited and described as the Hocking may prove to be the same.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Summer Limbertwig. A Southern fruit from Greensboro', N. C. Fruit medium, flat, regular, pale yellow, mixed pink, striped dark red. Flesh white, tender, fine-grained, juicy, subacid, aromatic. August, September. (Warder.)