Mann
- Description
- It originated as a chance seedling in the orchard of Judge Mooney of Granby (formerly called Deiltz), New York. Used as a substitute for Rhode Island Greening. Mr. Mann introduced it to Niagara County, and Elisha Moody of Lockport the Western New York Horticultural Society suggested it be named Mann. In 1905, not grown extensively in New York but was planted to a limited extent by commercial growers.
- Flesh quality
- moderately coarse, moderately juicy, at first very hard and firm but later becoming tender and somewhat crisp, subacid
- Flesh color
- yellow
- Skin quality
- moderately thick, tough
- Skin color
- brown-red blushed, green, yellow
- Sizes
- large, medium
- Shape
- round, ribbed, oblate, uniform, symmetrical, regular
- Keeping quality
- late-keeping
- General quality
- fair to good
- Also known as
- Deiltz
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 1 (Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1905), 201.