High-top Sweeting
Believed to be grown solely in Plymouth Colony by the first settlers, who "either from choice, or for want of other varieties, cultivated it more generally than any other apple." Thatcher notes that was on the decline in 1822. It was mostly used for baking and for drying.
Blooms in Late Summer
Not available in 1987
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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)