Virginia Quaker
AppleVirginia Quaker
Origin/History
Origin not known. The variety was obtained from H. N. Gillett of Lawrence County, Ohio (Warder). Downing's entry explicitly derives from Warder.
Tree
Vigorous, upright (Downing).
Fruit
Size and Form: Quite small, globular, slightly conic. Warder additionally describes the fruit as flattened and regular in outline.
Surface: Smooth, greenish yellow.
Dots: Scattered, minute, black.
Stem: Medium.
Cavity: Wide.
Calyx/Eye: Small, closed.
Basin: Shallow, plaited.
Flesh: Yellowish white, firm, breaking.
Flavor: Subacid.
Quality: Good. Mr. Gillett considered it best (Warder).
Core: Ovate, closed.
Seeds: Medium.
Season
Midsummer.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Virginia Quaker.
This very fine little apple was obtained from H. N. Gillett, Lawrence County, Ohio. Origin not known.
Fruit quite small, globular, flattened, slightly conic, regular; Surface smooth, greenish yellow; Dots scattered, minute, black.
Basin shallow, plaited; Eye small, closed.
Cavity wide; Stem medium.
Core ovate, closed; Seeds medium; Flesh yellowish white, firm, breaking; Flavor sub-acid; Quality good, Mr. Gillett says, best; Season, mid-summer.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Virginia Quaker.
Origin not known. Tree vigorous, upright.
Fruit quite small, globular, slightly conic, greenish yellow. Dots scattered, minute, black. Calyx small, closed. Flesh yellowish white, firm, breaking, subacid. Good. Midsummer. (Warder.)