Wilcox
AppleWilcox
Origin / History
Originated about thirty-five years before 1902 on the farm of Elisha Wilcox, Floyd county, northern Iowa.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Fruit large.
Form: Oblate conical, regular.
Stem: Short.
Cavity: Regular, acute, with stellate russet patch.
Calyx: Closed. Tube conical.
Basin: Very narrow, very shallow.
Skin: Surface yellowish green, mostly overlaid with solid greenish white.
Dots: Distinct, few, russet, some minute areolar dots at base.
Flesh and flavor: White, juicy. Sprightly subacid, good.
Core and seeds: Cells round, slit. Seeds plump, short.
Season
Early winter.
Uses
Chiefly culinary.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Described in N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902).
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)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.