Yellow Forest
- From
- Collinsburg
- Description
- This variety was introduced by L. T. Sanders, Collingsburg, La., from whom it was received in 1888 for testing at the Geneva Station.
- Flesh quality
- fine, sprightly, rather crisp, moderately tender, juicy, aromatic, agreeable mild subacid, good.
- Flesh color
- white, yellow tinged, green tinged
- Skin quality
- thin, tough, smooth
- Skin color
- green, yellow, brown blushed
- Sizes
- small, medium, below medium
- Shape
- round, oblate, uniform, symmetrical, conical
- Keeping quality
- A considerable portion of the fruit may be held in good condition in cellar storage till summer. For dessert use during June it has been one of the best in quality among a large collection of late-keeping varieties grown at this Station.
- General quality
- It is too deficient in size and color for a good market apple but may have some value for the home orchard because late in the season it is of fairly good quality
- Uses
- dessert, kitchen, table
- Eating season starts in
- January
- Eating season ends in
- June
- Also known as
- Wild Apple
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 1 (Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1905), 384.