Willow
- Description
- Willow is a southern or semi-southern variety. It has been cultivated chiefly in the central portion of the Mississippi valley. It is not recommended for general planting in New York state.
- Flesh quality
- very firm, coarse, crisp, moderately tender, juicy, sprightly, slightly aromatic, fair to good.
- Flesh color
- yellow, green
- Skin quality
- smooth
- Skin color
- green mottled, yellow-green, red striped, red blushed
- Sizes
- large, medium, above medium
- Shape
- round, ribbed, oblate, symmetrical, regular, conical
- Keeping quality
- good, long keeper
- General quality
- The fruit is not as attractive as that of the Baldwin, neither is it as good in quality.
- Eating season starts in
- January
- Eating season ends in
- May
- Also known as
- James River
- Willow Leaf
- Willow Twig
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 1 (Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1905), 370.