Wheeler's Extreme
AppleWheeler's Extreme
Origin/History
Gloucester, England. Description from A.J. Downing's The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900 edition), sourced from Hogg.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size & Form: Small, oblate.
Skin: Greenish yellow, shaded and mottled with red, traced with russet.
Flesh & Flavor: Yellowish white, tender, sweet.
Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Core, Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
November to February.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Wheeler's Extreme.
Origin, Gloucester, England.
Fruit small, oblate, greenish yellow, shaded and mottled with red, and traced with russet. Flesh yellowish white, tender, sweet. November, February. (Hogg.)