Lawver
- Description
- Commercial limit March or possibly April. Better adapted to more southern latitudes. Origin uncertain. “ Introduced by Geo. S. Park, of Parkville, Mo., and said to have been found in an old Indian orchard in Kansas”
- Flesh quality
- Rather hard, somewhat break- ing, moderately fine, crisp, tender, juicy, rather brisk subacid, somewhat aro- matic, not highly flavored, fair to good in quality.
- Flesh color
- yellow tinged, green
- Skin quality
- Moderately thin, tough, sometimes a little waxy, and smooth.
- Skin color
- red, yellow
- Sizes
- very large, large, medium, above medium
- Shape
- round, ribbed, oblate, symmetrical, regular
- General quality
- Not high in quality.
- Uses
- market, dessert, culinary
- Eating season starts in
- January
- Eating season ends in
- June
- Also known as
- Black Spy
- Delaware Red Winter
- Delaware Winter
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 1 (Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1905), 189.