Wabash

Apple

Wabash

Origin/History Pennsylvania. Also known as Wabash Bellflower.

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit Large, roundish oblong or somewhat conical. Skin deep yellow, covered with clear orange red (brightest on the sunny side), streaked with russet in the cavity around the stalk. Stalk short, slender. Calyx rather large, open. Flesh white, firm, crisp, tender, subacid. Core large.

Season November, December

Uses Not described in source.

Other Source: A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900), citing Horticulturist Magazine.

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Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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Wabash.

Wabash Bellflower.

Origin, Pennsylvania.

Fruit large, roundish oblong, or somewhat conical, deep yellow, covered with clear orange red, brightest on the sunny side, and streaked with russet in the cavity around the stalk. Stalk short, slender. Calyx rather large, open. Flesh white, firm, crisp, tender, subacid. Core large. November, December. (Hov. Mag.)

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

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