Landon
- Description
- Brought to notice by Buel Landon, South Hero, Vermont, about 40 years before 1905. The tree is a rather shy bearer.
- Flesh quality
- firm, a little coarse, crisp, moderately tender, juicy, aromatic, mild subacid becoming nearly sweet late in season, good to very good
- Flesh color
- yellow
- Skin quality
- thin, tough, nearly smooth
- Skin color
- red mottled, carmine striped, yellow
- Sizes
- large, medium, above medium
- Shape
- uniform, round, oblate, conical, ribbed
- Keeping quality
- good
- General quality
- good
- Uses
- market, dessert
- Eating season starts in
- December
- Eating season ends in
- May
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 1 (Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1905), 185.