Porter
- From
- Sherburne
- Description
- Originated about 1800 with Rev. Samuel Porter, Sherburne, Mass.
- Flesh quality
- fine, crisp, tender, juicy, subacid, agreeably aromatic, sprightly
- Flesh color
- yellow
- Skin quality
- moderately thin, smooth, rather glossy
- Skin color
- red mottled, yellow, red striped, blushed
- Sizes
- large, medium, above medium, below medium, small
- Shape
- ribbed, oblong, truncate, conical, oblique
- Keeping quality
- It does not stand shipping very well because the skin is rather tender and readily shows marks of handling.
- Uses
- dessert, table, culinary, local market
- Eating season starts in
- September
- Eating season ends in
- November
- Also known as
- Jennings
- Yellow Summer Pearmain
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 2 (Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1905), 166.