Winesap
Culinary / Dessert apple
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in the U.S.A. First described in 1817. Fruits have firm, tender, coarse, yellowish white flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.
Synonyms:
American Wine Sop, American Wine-Sop, American Winesop, Banana, Henrick's Sweet, Holland's Red Winter, Pot Pie Apple, Potpie Apple, Red Sweet Wine Sop, Royal Red, Royal Red of Kentucky, Texan Red, Wine Sap, Wine Sop, Winesop, Winter Winesap
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Mother to:
Arkansas
Mareda
McLiver's Winesap
Shenandoah
Sports:
Dermen Winesap
Fruit Size
medium to large b
Fruit Shape
tall to intermediate, conic to truncate-conic, convex to straight b
Fruit Height
53-69 mm b
Fruit Width
61-78 mm b
Ribbing
ribbed at eye, sometimes on body b
Ground Colour
greenish yellow b
Over Colour
flushed and striped dull red b
Russet Type
russet dots, some russet at base b
Flesh Colour
yellowish white b
Skin Texture
bloom, thick, smooth b
Flesh Texture
firm, tender, coarse b
Flavour
sweet, subacid b
Accession name
Winesap
Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late October a
Size
medium a
Type
Culinary / Dessert a
Shape
Globose conical a
Ribbing
very weak a
Crown
medium a
Ground Colour
Green yellow a
Over Colour
Red a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped a
Russet
very low a
Firmness
firm a
Coarseness
coarse a
Flesh Colour
Yellowish a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register