Orange Sweet

Accession

Industry, ME [Franklin County]

Synonyms

Summer Sweeting

Origin

Sidney, Maine; about 1800

Season

Fall

Uses

Fresh eating/dessert, Cooking, Livestock feed

Distinctive Features

small, yellow skin with golden orange blush, deep basin with bits of russet

Resembles

Golden Sweet, Trescott, Kennebec Russet, Grasslings

Status of Name

Verified Visually by Experts and DNA confirmed

DNA Information

Tested 2020; identical to Summer Sweeting; closely related to Esopus Spitzenburg
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