Sweet Winesap
- From
- Pennsylvania
- Description
- Beach writes that this apple had long been cultivated in western New York by 1905. It was often shipped to Baltimore, Washington, and other southern markets, as noted by Beach. It is erroneously called Ladies Sweet, Lady Sweet or Lady Sweeting because it bears resemblance to the Lady Sweet.
- Flesh quality
- firm, rather fine, moderately crisp, tender, juicy, distinctly sweet
- Flesh color
- white
- Skin quality
- tough, smooth, covered with a thin bloom and often to a considerable extent with thin, light gray scarf-skin
- Skin color
- yellow, carmine striped, green, red
- Sizes
- large, medium
- Shape
- oblate, uniform, symmetrical, ovate, elliptical, conical, round
- Keeping quality
- stands heat well before going into storage
- General quality
- good to very good
- Uses
- market
- Also known as
- Bailey Sweet
- Hendrick
- Hendrick Sweet
- Henrick
- Henrick Sweet
- Henry Sweet
- Ladies' Sweet
- Lady Sweet
- Lady Sweeting
- Red Sweet Winesap
- Rose Sweet
- Sweet Pearmain
- Sweet Wine Sap
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 1 (Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1905), 333.