Peter
Dessert
Peter is a dessert apple that originated from a Wealthy seedling and closely resembles its parent in appearance, flavor, and season. The flesh is firm, tender, and juicy with a mild subacid, aromatic flavor rated good to very good. The tree is a moderate grower that bears young and crops biennially, with fruit ripening in September and October, extending to January in cold storage.",
Flavor & Texture
mildsubacidaromaticfirmmedium_grainedtenderjuicy
Best Uses
fresh_eating
Lineage
Parents
Origin & History
- Status
- commercial
- Origin type
- open pollinated seedling
- Original breeder
- Peter M. Gideon
- First introduced
- 1888
mild subacidaromatic