Tillaqua

Apple

Origin/History

North Carolina.

Tree

Vigorous, upright spreading growth habit.

Fruit

Size: Above medium

Form: Roundish oblate or oblate

Stem: Short stalk

Calyx: Closed

Skin: Yellowish ground color, nearly covered with red shading, splashing, and striping; moderately sprinkled with large light dots

Flesh and Flavor: Whitish, moderately juicy, brisk subacid. Quality: good to very good.

Season

November to March

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Source header lists the variety as "Big Fruit," likely a descriptive reference to the large fruit characteristic of the variety.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 2 catalogs (1901–1913) from Illinois

Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913

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Tillaqua.

Big Fruit.

Origin, North Carolina. Tree vigorous, upright spreading.

Fruit above medium, roundish oblate or oblate, yellowish ground, nearly covered, shaded, splashed, and striped with red, moderately sprinkled with large light dots. Stalk short. Calyx closed. Flesh whitish, moderately juicy, brisk subacid. Good to very good. November to March.

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

Big Fruit