Newman
- Description
- Received from George Townsend in Gordon, Ohio, in 1890, at the New York station, but in 1905 was practically unknown in New York. Considered to be of the Yellow Bellflower group.
- Flesh quality
- very firm, moderately fine-grained, rather tender, crisp, moderately juicy, subacid becoming nearly sweet, slightly aromatic
- Skin color
- green, yellow, red blushed
- Sizes
- large, medium
- Shape
- unequal sides, ribbed, oblong, uniform, oblique, conical
- Keeping quality
- good
- General quality
- fair to good
- Uses
- dessert, culinary
- Eating season starts in
- December
- Eating season ends in
- June
- Also known as
- Newman Seedling
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 1 (Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1905), 224.