Wright's Janet
Apple
Wright's Janet
Origin/History
Supposed to have originated near St. Louis, Missouri, with Mr. W. G. Wright. The variety was received from N. J. Colman and other zealous pomologists of St. Louis. Warder characterizes it as a fine keeping apple.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium to large, round, sometimes flat, regular.
Stem: Variable — long, short, or very short. (Warder)
Cavity: Deep, wavy, russeted brown. (Warder)
Calyx: Small, acute, closed. (Warder)
Basin: Medium, regular. (Warder)
Skin: Smooth, waxen yellow ground, mixed, striped and splashed carmine. Dots minute, prominent, scattering.
Flesh and Flavor: Flesh deep yellow, breaking, very fine-grained (Warder; Downing gives "fine-grained"), juicy. Flavor subacid, rich, very agreeable (Warder). Quality good to very good.
Core and Seeds: Core medium, regular, somewhat open, clasping. Seeds numerous, small, plump. (Warder)
Season
January to June; keeps until August. (Warder; Downing gives January to June without noting the August storage limit.)
Uses
Table, kitchen, and market. (Warder)
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Warder's description is accompanied by Figure 237, indicating an illustration of the variety appeared in American Pomology: Apples (1867). Downing's 1900 account explicitly cites Warder as its source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 2 catalogs (1901–1913) from Illinois
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913
View original book sources (2)
— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Fig. 237.—Wright's Janet.
This fine keeping apple, received from N. J. Colman and other zealous pomologists of St. Louis, Missouri, is supposed to have originated in that region with Mr. W. G. Wright.
Fruit medium to large, round, sometimes flat, regular; Surface smooth, waxen yellow, mixed, striped and splashed carmine; Dots minute, prominent, scattering.
Basin medium, regular; Eye small, acute, closed.
Cavity deep, wavy, brown; Stem long, short, or very short.
Core medium, regular, somewhat open, clasping; Seeds numerous, small, plump; Flesh deep yellow, breaking, very fine grained, juicy; Flavor sub-acid, rich, very agreeable; Quality good to very good; Use, table, kitchen and market; Season, January to June and keeps until August.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Wright's Janet. Supposed to have originated near St. Louis, Mo. Fruit medium to large, round, sometimes flat, regular, waxen yellow, mixed, striped, splashed carmine. Dots minute, prominent, scattering. Flesh deep yellow, breaking, fine-grained, juicy, subacid. Good to very good. January to June. (Warder.)