North Carolina Apple Varieties
VARIETY |
DATE |
CITY |
COUNTY |
STATE |
Alexander's Ice Cream | Mecklenburg | NC | ||
Aunt Sally | Varying references for Alleghany, Yadkin, and Mecklenburg | NC | ||
Bald Mountain | Macon, Jackson, and Cherokee | NC | ||
Beecher | Macon | NC | ||
Bryson's Seedling | Jackson | NC | ||
Buff | Haywood | NC | ||
Camack's Sweet |
Macon | NC | ||
Coble's Wilder | Julian | Guilford | NC | |
Coe | Greensboro | Guilford | NC | |
Coffey Seedling | Caldwell | NC | ||
Cullasaga | 1830 | Macon | NC | |
Dula's Beauty | Lenoir | Caldwell | NC | |
Edwards | 1869 | Chatham | NC | |
Foust | Guilford | NC | ||
Gragg | 1860 | Caldwell | NC | |
Great Unknown | 1858 | Macon | NC | |
Hall | 1800 | Franklin | NC | |
Harper's Seedling | Forsyth | NC | ||
Harris | Rockingham | NC | ||
Hollow Log | Rutherford | NC | ||
Horse | 1820 | Attributed to Nash County, but is suspect | NC | |
Hunge | 1800 | Described at the NC American Pomological Society meeting as "an old North Carolina variety," but was listed by a Norfolk, Virginia, nursery in 1805 | NC | |
Junaluska | 1820 | Cherokee | NC | |
Keener Seedling | Newton | Lincoln | NC | |
King Tom | Attributed to NC, but may be of South Carolina origin | NC | ||
Lacy | Monroe | Union | NC | |
Lewis Green | Watauga | NC | ||
Magnum Bonum | 1828 | Davidson | NC | |
Mattamuskeet | Wake | NC | ||
Morgan's Christmas | 1880 | Otter Creek | Rutherford | NC |
Nickajack | Macon | NC | ||
North Carolina Keeper | Davidson | NC | ||
Notley Pippin, No. 1 | An 1863 Pennsylvania nursery catalog attributes the origin of this apple to North Carolina. This apple appears to be identical to Gloria Mundi | NC | ||
Perkins | Burke | NC | ||
Potts | 1900 | Brushy Mountain area | NC | |
Queen of the South | 1860 | Originated about ten miles south of Greensboro | NC | |
Red Cheese | County unknown. Sold by NC nurseries from 1853 - 1902 | NC | ||
Royal Limbertwig | Carteret | NC | ||
Sally Gray | Eastern NC | NC | ||
Smith Seedling | Stokes | NC | ||
Sparger | Mt. Airy | Surry | NC | |
Stafford's Pippin | Alamance | NC | ||
Summer King | 1807 | County unknown | NC | |
Summer Limbertwig | Greensboro | Guilford | NC | |
Summer Orange | Chatham | NC | ||
Tanner's Winter | Granville | NC | ||
Taylor Sweet | 1880 | Yancey | NC | |
Tony Apple | 1880 | Iredell | NC | |
Tucker Everbearing | Fayetteville | Cumberland | NC | |
White Bausel | Ashe | NC |
This information is drawn from:
Calhoun, Creighton Lee. Old Southern Apples. United States: McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, 1995.
Calhoun, Creighton Lee. Old Southern Apples: A Comprehensive History and Description of Varieties for Collectors, Growers, and Fruit Enthusiasts, 2nd Edition. United States: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2011.
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