Whitney (crab)
- From
- Franklin Grove
- Description
- Crabapple. One of the most popular of the large crabapples particularly in the West and North. This variety originated with A. R. Whitney, Franklin Grove, Ill.
- Flesh quality
- crisp, juicy, mild subacid or nearly sweet with slight crabapple flavor, good to very good.
- Flesh color
- yellow
- Skin color
- yellow, red striped
- Sizes
- large
- Shape
- conical, uniform, round, ovate
- Uses
- dessert, culinary
- Eating season starts in
- August
- Eating season ends in
- September
- Also known as
- Whitney Crab
- Whitney No. 20
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 2 (Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1905), 268.