Transparent Zoar
Apple
Transparent Zoar
Origin/History
Originated with the Zoar Society at Zoar, Ohio.
Tree
Vigorous, making a round, rather spreading head. An early and abundant bearer nearly every year.
Fruit
Size and Form: Large, regular. Downing describes the form as oblate; Thomas describes it as roundish.
Stem: Very short, small.
Cavity: Large, deep.
Calyx: Small, closed.
Basin: Large, round, slightly plaited.
Skin: Smooth, a beautiful waxen white, shaded with light pink or carmine where exposed to the sun; a few rather obscure light dots.
Flesh/Flavor: White, fine, very tender, juicy, mild subacid, refreshing.
Core/Seeds: Core medium.
Season
October–November (Downing); Late Autumn (Thomas).
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Described by Downing as "a beautiful and very good apple."
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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
View original book sources (2)
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Transparent Zoar.
A beautiful and very good apple, which originated with the Zoar Society, at Zoar, Ohio; tree vigorous, making a round rather spreading head; an early and abundant bearer nearly every year.
Transparent Zoar.
Fruit large, oblate, regular; skin smooth, a beautiful waxen white, shaded with light pink or carmine where exposed to the sun, a few rather obscure light dots; stalk very short, small; cavity large, deep; calyx small, closed; basin large, round, slightly plaited; flesh white, fine, very tender, juicy, mild subacid, refreshing; core medium. October, November.
— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)Transparent Zoar. Large, roundish, regular, white with a carmine blush, flesh tender, mild sub-acid. Late Autumn. Ohio.