Taunton
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Taunton
Origin/History
Origin unknown. Some claim it for Alabama, others Georgia.
Tree
The tree is a vigorous but straggling grower, very productive. Young shoots reddish brown, slightly downy.
Fruit
Size: Rather large.
Form: Oblate conic.
Stem: Slender.
Cavity: Deep, russeted.
Calyx: Closed. Segments long, slender.
Basin: Slightly corrugated.
Skin: Greenish yellow, striped and splashed with red, darkest on the sun side, with large light dots.
Flesh/Flavor: Whitish, tender, juicy, aromatic, acid. Good.
Season
September, October.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (Lowther, 1914) lists this variety in a variety-characteristic table without prose description:
Taunton. L re yr G b A 1* 10*
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1886) from Alabama
- Huntsville Wholesale Nurseries (Jessie S. Moss , Proprietor; W.F. Heikes, Manager), Huntsville , Alabama — 1886
View original book sources (2)
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Taunton.
Origin unknown. Some claim it for Alabama, others Georgia. The tree is a vigorous but straggling grower, very productive. Young shoots reddish brown, slightly downy.
Fruit rather large, oblate conic, greenish yellow, striped and splashed with red, darkest on sun side, large light dots. Stalk slender. Cavity deep, russeted. Calyx closed. Segments long, slender. Basin slightly corrugated. Flesh whitish, tender, juicy, aromatic, acid. Good. September, October.
— Granville Lowther (ed.), Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (1914)Taunton. L re yr G b A 1* 10*