Turn off Lane
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Turn off Lane
Origin / History
Turn off Lane originated at Salem, N. J. In the 1900 edition of A.J. Downing's The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America, the variety is listed under the name Turn off Lane, with Winter Strawberry given as a second name. In the neighborhood of its origin it was prized as a late keeper.
Tree
Tree moderately vigorous, upright, a regular and good bearer.
Fruit
Size: Fruit medium or below.
Form: Fruit oblate, inclining to conic.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Skin yellow, striped and shaded with red.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh white, tender, brisk, sprightly subacid. Good.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Turn off Lane is a late keeper.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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 (1)
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Turn off Lane. Winter Strawberry. Origin, Salem, N. J. Tree moderately vigorous, upright, a regular and good bearer. Fruit medium or below, oblate, inclining to conic, yellow, striped and shaded with red. Flesh white, tender, brisk, sprightly subacid. Good. Prized in the neighborhood of its origin as a late keeper.