USDA-NPGS
Hoover
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Dual Purpose
Measured Phenotype
- Brix
- 9.7 °Bx
source: GRIN
Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.
Hoover is an American dessert apple from South Carolina that predates 1850. It features tender, juicy flesh with a subacid flavor and measures about 79 mm wide and 63 mm tall. The variety is best enjoyed fresh during November through February.
Flavor & Texture
subacidjuicy
Best Uses
cooking
8 historical watercolors from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942) included in the gallery above. Public domain.
Lineage
Offspring
Origin & History
- Status
- heritage
- Origin type
- found wilding
- Known by
- ≥ 1850
subacid
References
- USDA-NPGS
- PI 265302
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 577