Fruit Varieties and Horticultural Digest (J Fruit Var & Hort Digest)
Volume 21 Number 1 Article 3 Pages: 4-4
Year 1967 Month 1
Title: Notes on Origin of the Delicious Apple
Author: APS Citation
Abstract:
In the Proceedings of the 1905
meeting of APS, Col.
G.B. Brackett,
of Washington, D.C., has the following
to say about the Delicious apple:
"It originated in Madison County,
Iowa, not far from Des Moines.
The
original tree came up as a sprout from
the stump of a Yellow Bellflower
that had been destroyed.
The sprout
was about six years old when it first
fruited; the quality of the apple was
so fine that the owner, Mr.
Jesse
Hyatt, at once set some grafts from
it, as well as cultivating the original
sprout, which soon began to make a
very strong, thrifty growth.
At 15
years of age, the tree was 13 inches
in diameter at the ground.
The tree
is of upright growth, with heavy dark
green foliage.
It has proven extremely
hardy; it bears annually and yields
large quantities of beautiful, delicious
fruit."
