Vaugoyeau
AppleVaugoyeau
Origin / History
Origin unknown. The description is credited to An. Pom. and appears in A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900), where the variety is also named Cadeau du General.
Tree
Tree vigorous.
Fruit
Size: Fruit large.
Form: Roundish conical, flattened at base.
Stem: Stalk short.
Cavity: Cavity deep.
Calyx: Calyx half closed.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Dull yellow, shaded and splashed with red.
Dots: Spotted with gray.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh white, tender, juicy, subacid.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
December to March.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
USDA Nomenclature (1905)
From W.H. Ragan, Nomenclature of the Apple, USDA Bulletin No. 56
From Annals of Pomology.
View original book sources (1)
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Vaugoyeau. Cadeau du General. Origin unknown. Tree vigorous. Fruit large, roundish conical, flattened at base, dull yellow, shaded and splashed with red, spotted with gray. Stalk short. Cavity deep. Calyx half closed. Flesh white, tender, juicy, subacid. December to March. (An. Pom.)