Winthrop Greening
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Origin & History
Originated in Winthrop, Maine, about the year 1800. It was entered in the catalogue of the American Pomological Society in 1854 and dropped from that list in 1897. According to Beach, it is but little known in New York. Thomas describes it as a valued sort in Maine.
Tree
Vigorous, upright spreading (Downing). Beach notes the tree is a shy bearer.
Fruit
Size: Large.
Form: Oblate, slightly ribbed (Downing). Thomas describes it more fully as oblate, remotely conical, slightly ribbed, nearly regular.
Skin: Sources largely agree on a greenish-yellow to golden-yellow ground color. Downing describes it as greenish yellow, with nettings and patches of russet, thickly sprinkled with light and gray dots. Elliott describes it as golden yellow, with a slight russet tinge of red in the sun. Thomas describes the skin as yellow when ripe, with a little green, sometimes a faint red shade to the sun. Beach notes it is yellow, tinged with red.
Stem: Rather short (Downing). Thomas also describes the stem as short.
Cavity: Shallow (Thomas). Not further described by other sources.
Calyx: Large, open (Downing).
Basin: Moderate (Thomas).
Flesh: White (Downing) to yellowish white (Thomas), tender, juicy. Downing describes the flavor as rather rich subacid, rating it "Good." Elliott, citing Cole, describes the flesh as tender, crisp, very juicy, with a sprightly rich flavor. Beach, also drawing on Cole, describes it as tender, crisp, very juicy, sprightly, mild subacid. Thomas rates the flavor as very good and describes it as subacid.
Core & Seeds: Core small (Downing). Seeds not described in sources.
Season
September (Downing, Elliott). Beach extends the season to September to early winter. Thomas places it at mid-autumn.
Uses
Not described in sources.
Book Sources
Described in 4 period pomological works
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Winthrop Greening.
Lincoln Pippin. Howe Apple.
Origin, Winthrop, Me. Tree vigorous, upright spreading.
Fruit large, oblate, slightly ribbed, greenish yellow, with nettings and patches of russet, thickly sprinkled with light and gray dots. Stalk rather short. Calyx large, open. Flesh white, tender, juicy, rather rich subacid. Good. Core small. September.
— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 2 (1905)WINTHROP GREENING.
REFERENCES. 1. Hovey, Mag. Hort., 12:475. 1846. 2. Cole, 1849:104. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1854. 4. Mag. Hort., 21:63. 1855. 5. Downing, 1857:204. 6. Warder, 1867:737. 7. Thomas, 1875:209. 8. Downing, 1881:111 index, app. 9. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:300. 10. Burrill and McCluer, Ill. Sta. Bul., 45:347. 1896.
SYNONYMS. Howe Apple (2, 5). Kennebec Seedling (8). LINCOLN (1), LINCOLN PIPPIN (4). Lincoln Pippin (2, 5). WINTHROP GREENING (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10).
Fruit yellow, tinged with red, of good size and good quality; season September to early winter. The flesh is tender, crisp, very juicy, sprightly, mild subacid (2). The tree is a shy bearer.
Historical. Originated in Winthrop, Me., about the year 1800 (1, 2). It was entered in the catalogue of the American Pomological Society in 1854 (3) and dropped from that list in 1897. It is but little known in New York.
— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)Winthrop Greening. Lincoln Pippin. | Howe Apple. Origin, Winthrop, Maine. Fruit, large, golden yellow, with slight russet tinge of red in the sun ; flesh, tender, crisp, very juicy, with a sprightly rich flavor. September. (Cole.)
— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)Winthrop Greening. Large, oblate, remotely conical, slightly ribbed, nearly regular; skin yellow, when ripe, with a little green, sometimes a faint red shade to the sun; stem short, cavity shallow, basin moderate; flesh yellowish white, sub-acid, very good. Mid-autumn. A valued sort in Maine.