Roane's white crab
This cultivar was procured form John Roane. The fruit is round, yellow skin with spots of red scattered over.
Blooms in Early Winter
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)
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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)