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Updegraff

Apple

Updegraff

Origin/History From Pennsylvania.

Tree Vigorous, spreading habit.

Fruit

Size & Form: Medium, oblate or roundish oblate, inclining to conic.

Skin: Pale yellow, shaded, splashed, and striped with light and dark red, darkest on the sun-exposed side. Few areole dots.

Stem: Slender.

Calyx: Large, open or partially closed.

Basin: Corrugated.

Flesh & Flavor: White, tender, juicy, pleasant subacid.

Core: Small.

Season November.

Quality Good.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Updegraff.

From Pennsylvania. Tree vigorous, spreading.

Fruit medium, oblate or roundish oblate, inclining to conic, pale yellow, shaded, splashed, and striped with light and dark red, darkest in sun, few areole dots. Stalk slender. Calyx large, open, or partially closed. Basin corrugated. Flesh white, tender, juicy, pleasant subacid. Core small. Good. November.

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