Rutledge
- Description
- This evidently belongs in the same group as the Bethel and Blue Pearmain. It does not appear to be of sufficient value for New York state to be worthy of testing except perhaps in those regions where Bethel and Blue Pearmain are most valued.
- Flesh quality
- firm, a little coarse, not very crisp, rather tender, moderately juicy, somewhat aromatic, mild subacid becoming nearly sweet, fair to good in quality.
- Flesh color
- yellow tinged
- Skin quality
- rather thick, tough, smooth about the cavity but somewhat roughened toward the basin with russet dots and fine capillary russet lines
- Skin color
- purple-carmine mottled, yellow, green, purple-carmine striped, orange-red
- Sizes
- above medium
- Shape
- round, ribbed, oblate, oblong, uniform, symmetrical, regular, globular
- Keeping quality
- good keeper
- General quality
- The fruit is pretty uniformly of good size and desirable form. The tree is a good strong grower, does not come into bearing very young but is an annual cropper, yielding moderately heavy to good crops.
- Eating season starts in
- January
- Eating season ends in
- May
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 1 (Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1905), 296.