Jewett Red

Jewett Red
Description
Highly esteemed dessert apple in New England, especially in Maine and New Hampshire.
Flesh quality
Moderately fine, tender, juicy, pleasantly aromatic, mild subacid or nearly sweet, good to very good.
Flesh color
yellow
Skin quality
Rather thin, tough, and nearly smooth.
Skin color
yellow, red striped, red blushed
Sizes
medium, above medium, below medium
Shape
irregular, unequal sides, ribbed, oblate
General quality
It is of the Blue Pearmain type and one of the best of that group in quality.
Uses
dessert, local market
Eating season starts in
October
Eating season ends in
February
Also known as
Jewett's Red
Jewett's Fine Red
Nodhead
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