Black Jersey

Also known as
  • Black
  • Black American
"The origin of this cultivar is contested. McGann does not specify a place of origin and claims it was recorded in 1817, but Thatcher claims it is recorded in New Jersey c. 1822 that this apple was ""lately discovered here…it appears to be a species between the Spitzenburgh and common black apple."" "
Recorded None
Blooms in Winter
Not available in 1987
Citations:
  • James Thacher, The American Orchardist (1822)

    James Thacher, The American Orchardist; or, a Practical Treatise on the Culture and Management of Apple and Other Fruit Trees… (Boston: Joseph W. Ingraham, 1822)

  • Martin McGann, "Apple Cultivars in the Lower Hudson Valley Prior to 1860" (1987)

    Martin McGann, "Apple Cultivars of the Lower Hudson Valley Prior to 1860," Sleepy Hollow Restorations, Inc., Tarrytown, NY (February 1987)