Mother
Accession
USDA; Geneva, NY
Synonyms
American Mother, Gardener's Apple, Mother Apple, Mother of America, Queene Anne
Origin
Worcester County, Massachusetts; before 1811
Season
Fall- Winter
Uses
Fresh eating/dessert
Distinctive Features
large roundish oblong, short stem, golden skin washed and striped with crimson, numerous brown and yellow dots
Resembles
Esopus Spitzenburg, Bailey Sweet
Status of Name
Verified Visually by Experts and DNA confirmed
DNA Information
Confirmed correct; Parent of Bakers Delicious, Thomas Rivers and a bunch of European things
