Workaroe
Apple
Workaroe
Origin and History
A Russian apple variety. Received in 1884 from Ellwanger and Barry, Rochester, New York, for testing at the New York Agricultural Experiment Station.
Fruit
Size: Good size
Color: Pale yellow, blushed and striped with red, overspread with pinkish bloom
Flesh: Firm, crisp, tender, and juicy
Flavor: Rather mild subacid with an agreeable but not high flavor
Quality: Good quality. Described as a good apple, though hardly equal to other varieties of its season.
Tree
Vigor and Bearing: Does not come into bearing very young; a pretty good grower that eventually becomes a good cropper
Bearing Habit: Yields full crops biennially (biennial bearer)
Sources:
- S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 2 (1905)
- New York State Agricultural Experiment Station Annual Report, 8:349 (1889)
- Beach, Ibid., 11:588 (1892)
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
View original book sources (1)
— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 2 (1905)WORKAROE.
REFERENCES. 1. N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 8:349. 1889. 2. Beach, Ib., 11:588. 1892.
SYNONYMS. None.
A Russian apple of good size, pale yellow, blushed and striped with red and overspread with pinkish bloom. Flesh firm, crisp, tender, juicy, rather mild subacid with an agreeable but not high flavor and good quality. It is a good apple but hardly equal to other varieties of its season. The tree does not come into bearing very young but is a pretty good grower and eventually a good cropper yielding full crops biennially. Received in 1884 from Ellwanger and Barry, Rochester, N. Y., for testing at this Station.