Wilcox

Apple

Wilcox (Apple)

Origin/History Originated approximately thirty-five years before 1902 (ca. 1867) on the farm of Elisha Wilcox, Floyd county, northern Iowa.

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Large, oblate conical, regular.

Skin/Surface: Yellowish green, mostly overlaid with solid greenish white. Dots distinct and few, russet; some minute areolar dots at base.

Stem: Short.

Cavity: Regular, acute, with stellate russet patch.

Basin: Very narrow, very shallow.

Calyx: Closed.

Core and Seeds: Cells round, slit. Tube conical. Seeds plump, short.

Flesh/Flavor: White, juicy, sprightly subacid, good.

Season Early winter.

Uses Chiefly culinary.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Other Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)

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Wilcox—Originated about thirty-five years ago on the farm of Elisha Wilcox, Floyd county, northern Iowa—Fruit large, oblate conical, regular; surface yellowish green, mostly overlaid with solid greenish white; dots distinct, few, russet, some minute areolar dots at base; cavity regular, acute, with stellate russet patch; stem short; basin very narrow, very shallow; calyx closed. Cells round, slit; tube conical; seeds plump, short; flesh white, juicy, sprightly subacid, good; chiefly culinary. Early winter.

— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)