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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