Black Gilliflower
- From
- Connecticut
- Flesh quality
- firm, tender, coarse, moderately juicy, soon becomes dry, mild subacid, rich, aromatic,
- Flesh color
- white, yellow tinged
- Skin quality
- Thick tough, nearly smooth
- Skin color
- crimson striped, red, yellow, red striped, green, purple
- Sizes
- medium, large
- Shape
- oblong, ovate, ribbed, conical
- General quality
- The apples grow fair and smooth and there is little loss from unmarketable fruit. On good soil the tree is a good, vigorous grower and a reliable cropper.
- Uses
- dessert, culinary
- Eating season starts in
- October
- Eating season ends in
- February
- Also known as
- Red Gilliflower
- Gilliflower
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 1 (Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1905), 78.