Yahnke
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Yahnke
Origin / History
Originated as a root sprout from a tree killed in 1873, in the orchard of Frank Yahnke, Winona, Minnesota. At first called the Winter King. One of the candidates for the seedling winter apple prize offered by the Minnesota State Horticultural Society.
Tree
Original tree large, spreading, productive; Budd and Hansen add vigorous.
Fruit
Size: Above medium to large.
Form: Roundish, slightly conical, obscurely angular.
Stem: Medium.
Cavity: Regular, acute, with a little stellate russet.
Calyx: Open; segments divergent. Tube conical; stamens median.
Basin: Smooth, sometimes obscurely ribbed, very shallow, wide.
Skin: Smooth; clear rich yellow, mostly covered with fine dark crimson, with broad splashes and streaks of carmine, mixed and marbled, nearly solid on the sunny side. A handsome fruit; the broad irregular dark crimson or carmine streaks are characteristic.
Dots: Numerous, very distinct, minute, yellow.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh white, slightly stained pink next to the skin, juicy, rich, mild, saccharine, pleasant subacid; very good.
Core and seeds: Core open, barely clasping; cells ovate, slit. Seeds not many, long, plump, pointed, some imperfect (Hansen).
Season
Winter. Fruit "has kept in an ordinary cellar through March."
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1913) from Illinois
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913
View original book sources (2)
— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)Yahnke—Originated as a root-sprout from a tree killed in 1873, in the orchard of Frank Yahnke, Winona, Minnesota. At first called the Winter King. The original tree is large, spreading and productive. One of the candidates for the seedling winter apple prize offered by the Minnesota State Horticultural Society. Fruit "has kept in an ordinary cellar through March."—Fruit above medium to large, roundish, slightly conical, obscurely angular; surface smooth, clear rich yellow, mostly covered with fine dark crimson, with broad splashes and streaks of carmine, mixed, marbled, nearly solid on sunny side, a handsome fruit, the broad irregular dark crimson or carmine streaks are characteristic; dots numerous, very distinct, minute, yellow; cavity regular, acute, with a little stellate russet; stem medium; basin smooth, sometimes obscurely ribbed, very shallow, wide; calyx open, segments divergent. Core open, barely clasping; cells ovate, slit; tube conical; stamens median; seeds not many, long, plump, pointed, some imperfect; flesh white, slightly stained pink next to the skin, juicy, rich, mild, saccharine pleasant subacid, very good. Winter.
— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)Yahnke. — Originated as a root sprout, from a tree killed in 1873, with Frank Yahnke, Winona, Minnesota; tree vigorous, spreading, productive. One of the candidates for the seedling apple prize offered by the Minnesota State Horticultural Society. Fruit " has kept in an ordinary cellar through March."
Fruit above medium to large, roundish, slightly conical, obscurely angular; surface smooth, clear rich yellow, mostly covered with fine dark crimson, with broad splashes and streaks of carmine, mixed and marbled, nearly solid on sunny side, a handsome fruit, the broad irregular dark crimson or carmine streaks are characteristic; dots many, very distinct, minute, yellow; cavity regular, acute, with a little stellate russet; stem medium; basin smooth, sometimes obscurely ribbed, very shallow, wide; calyx open; segments divergent. Core open, barely clasping; cells ovate, slit; tube conical; stamens median; seeds few, long, plump, pointed; flesh white, slightly stained pink next to skin, juicy, rich, mild, saccharine, pleasant subacid, very good. Winter.