Nero
- From
- Princeton
- Description
- Famous in Central New Jersey, but almost unheard of in New York.
- Flesh quality
- Firm, moderately coarse, rather crisp, moderately tender, moderately juicy, mild subacid mingled with sweet, slightly aromatic, good to very good.
- Flesh color
- yellow
- Skin quality
- Moderately thick, tough, and glossy clear.
- Skin color
- green-yellow, red striped
- Sizes
- medium
- Shape
- round, symmetrical, regular, conical
- Keeping quality
- Handles well and keeps late.
- Uses
- market
- Eating season starts in
- January
- Eating season ends in
- February
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 1 (Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1905), 222.