![]() ![]() Beauty apples are notable for their russetted "bonnet" on top (see right image.) Its flesh is greenish-yellow, fine grained, tender, juicy, sweet, and mildly subacid. Fruit is medium to large with a glossy red or purplish color. ![]() Beauty “ It has a distinctive flavor all of its own that clings to the palate and lingers in the memory for a lifetime.” The tree is known for producing wide branching angles, a trait that aids in producing proper tree structure. LaBaume, a Virginia farmer and fruit grower, wrote to the United States Department of Agriculture saying of the Va. ![]() The name implies an attractive apple, but it is also an excellent eating and dessert apple. Virginia Beauty: The original tree grew before 1820 in what is today Carroll County in southwestern Virginia. The apples are red, sweet, juicy, firm, and store well. It blooms very late, escaping most frosts. It is adapted to many southern climates and will grow and fruit well in both warmer climates and mountain areas. Terry Winter: This apple originated in Fulton County, GA before 1860. The flesh is fine grained and can have a faint smell of banana if fully ripe. The Summer Banana’s fruit is usually medium in size, a deep yellow with small light green splotches and perhaps a few red dots at its peak of ripeness. There is also a Winter Banana that is said to have some of the same characteristics, but it ripens in October and is not preferred as a cooking apple. Many tales are told of this apple being the choice of tobacco laborers during their brief breaks from the fields. Its fresh taste is also quite exceptional for an apple ripening during the heat of the summer. No other apple fries as well, and my grandmother loved fried apples. This apple was my grandmother’s favorite. It is so named because it can have a slight banana aroma when fully ripe. Summer Banana: This apple is from Marion County, South Carolina and was first grown in the late 1800’s. It is firm, has an acidic-sweet flavor, and ripens in September. The apple is round with a dull yellow and red color. Spitzenberg, but is far more disease resistant. ![]() Sops of Wine: Originating around 1832, this apple tastes similar to the outstanding E. The fruit begins falling in July but is not fully ripe until September. The fruit is medium in size, green to red in color, and has a firm flesh. The apples are good for eating fresh from the tree, but I recommend saving them for cooking. The tree is a vigorous grower that fruits well in most of the South. Its name came from William Gibbons, who noticed the original tree growing beside his smokehouse. Smokehouse: This Pennsylvania apple was brought to public attention in 1837. Ripens in September and October and a good keeper. Flesh is yellow, coarse, and firm with a subacid flavor. Fruit is medium or larger and green to yellow in color with a brown russet. The tree is a healthy grower, usually bearing large crops most years, and exhibiting resistance to many apple diseases. It makes truly exceptional cider and cooks well. It was one of the most widely grown russets in the South. Roxbury Russet: This apple is the oldest American apple, originating early in the 1600’s in Massachusetts. Old Southern Apple Descriptions ( of 3 - scroll the page to see apples) ![]()
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