Sack-and-Sugar (1)
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Dual Purpose
A small, roundish yellow apple with white, soft, tender, very juicy, sugary flesh and pleasant flavor. Suitable for both culinary and dessert use, ripening late July through September. The tree is vigorous and extremely productive, sometimes to the detriment of subsequent crops. Raised by Mr. Morris, a market gardener at Brentford, nearly fifty years before 1851.
Flavor & Texture
aromatictenderjuicy
Best Uses
fresh_eatingcooking
Origin & History
- Status
- heritage
- Origin type
- chance seedling
- Original breeder
- Morris
sugarypleasantly flavored
References
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 5569
- Cited authority (Hogg 1851)
- Hort