August
- From
- Excelsior
- Description
- This hybrid is classed by some as an apple and by others as a crabapple. Originated from seed of Wealthy by Peter M. Gideon, Excelsior, Minn. Not recommended for planting in New York.
- Flesh quality
- half-fine, moderately juicy, breaking, mild subacid, with a slight crabapple flavor
- Flesh color
- yellow tinged
- Skin color
- red mottled, carmine striped, green, yellow
- Sizes
- small, medium, above medium, below medium
- Shape
- round, ribbed, oblate, uniform, symmetrical, regular, conical
- Uses
- culinary
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 2 (Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1905), 9.