Fruit Tree Database

Fruit Type

Apple

Variety/Cultivar

Twenty Ounce (not to be confused with another apple called Twenty Ounce Pippin, which is another North American cultivar.)

Fruit Description

Fruit is very large (hence the name) with yellow skin that is "streaked and splashed red". Stalk is short and thick. The flesh is whitish-yellow, juicy, tender and sub-acid. These appples are "very large and showy...highly esteemed...reliable". Quite similar to Opalescent.

Common Uses

Cider, cooking, and eating, also good for drying. Excellent cooker. Nice juice qualities. One source says "better for cooking and exhibition than for dessert"!

Origin

Connecticut or New York, 1844 or even earlier. Speculatively could be the same as the Pound Sweet apple, which was first recorded in Manchester, Connecticut in 1834, as the descriptions sound quite similar.

Pollination

Should be pollinated by most of the common apple varieties including Akane, Bonza, Cox, Delicious, Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, James Grieve, Jonathan, Kingstone Black, Lady Williams, PInk Lady.

Chill Hours

Medium

Blossom Time

Mid-season

Harvest Time

Mid to late season, Feb/March

Production Notes

Particular attention needs to be paid to tree structure and fruit thinning to ensure tree's are not broken by the weight of the fruit.

Disease Susceptibility

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