Bough (Sweet Bough)

Apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Described 1817. From U.S.A.. Grown in Europe and U.S.A. (as Sweet Bough).

Synonyms:
August Sweet, August Sweeting, Autumn Bough, Bough Apple, Early Bough, Early French Reinette, Early Sweet Bough, Early Sweetheart, Early Yellow Bough, Large Bough, Large Early Bough, Large Early Yellow Bough, Large Sweet Bough, Large Yellow, Large Yellow Bough, Niack Pippin, Pound's Early, Pound's July, Susser Bough, Sweet Bough, Sweet Harvest, Sweetbough, Washington, Washington Wrongly, White Sugar, Yellow Bough

Availability
Not currently held in the National Fruit Collection.

Fruit Size
large ^a

Fruit Shape
intermediate to tall, truncate-conic to conic, convex, sometimes asymmetric ^a

Ground Colour
pale greenish yellow ^a

Flesh Texture
tender, crisp ^a

Flavour
sweet, subacid ^a

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References:
a. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register