Yadkin

Apple

Yadkin

Origin/History

A Southern variety. Received from S. W. Westbrooke of Greensboro', North Carolina (Warder). Downing's entry is drawn directly from Warder and adds no independent detail.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Large, round, regular.

Stem: Medium length, brown.

Cavity: Acute, regular, brown.

Calyx: Eye small, open.

Basin: Abrupt, deep, regular.

Skin: Surface red, striped dark red. Dots large, scattered, distinct, gray.

Flesh and Flavor: Flesh white, breaking, dry. Flavor sub-acid. Quality only good.

Core and Seeds: Core small, closed, meeting the eye. Seeds small, pointed, brown.

Season

August.

Uses

Warder notes that on account of its August season it is "scarcely worth carrying to the North," implying its utility is primarily local or regional.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 2 period pomological works

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Yadkin. Southern. Received from S. W. Westbrooke, of Greensboro', North Carolina. Fruit large, round, regular; Surface red, striped dark red; Dots large, scattered, distinct, gray. Basin abrupt, deep, regular; Eye small, open. Cavity acute, regular, brown; Stem medium, brown. Core small, closed, meeting the eye; Seeds small, pointed, brown; Flesh, white, breaking, dry; Flavor sub-acid; Quality only good; Season, August — and on that account scarcely worth carrying to the North.

— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)

Yadkin.

Southern.

Fruit large, round, regular, red striped. Flesh white, dry, subacid. Only good. August. (Warder.)

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)