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Origin / History
Originated in the County of Way, Ia. First recorded in A.J. Downing's The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900), where the description is credited to Lewis Jones' manuscript.
Tree
The tree is a good bearer.
Fruit
Size: Fruit medium.
Form: Roundish oblong conical.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Yellow, with pale red stripes.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Not described in source.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
January.
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 1 catalog (1901) from Illinois
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
View original book sources (1)
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Union.
Originated in the County of Way, Ia. Tree a good bearer. Fruit medium, roundish oblong conical, yellow, with pale red stripes. January. (Lewis Jones' MS.)