Lyman's Large (Yellow) Summer

Heritage American Dessert Apple

            [Acid-medium; Sugar-medium/high; Tannin-low]

Fresh, Culinary

Sweet, Well-Balanced, Juicy

Physical Attributes:

• Shape: Large, round, flattened.
• Skin: Green with some yellow halos, and sometimes a burnished copper on the sun-side
• Flesh: Crisp when fresh, yellowish, juicy

Flavour:

          A well-balanced, sweet and mildly tart early eating apple.

Neat History:

          In 1844, an S. Lyman of Middlefield, CT introduced an apple under the name “Large Yellow Summer,” of a similar time that a James Dougall of Amherstburg, ON presented a similar fruit at a fair in 1847. Thought to be lost, but accidentally planted and identified in Maine in 1941.

Growing Attributes:

• Precocity: Late
• Vigour: Average
• Disease Tolerance: N/A
• Zone Hardiness: 4 (Map Link)
• Pollination Group: IV (Chart) (Diploid, Self-Sterile)
• Cropping: Regular
• Picking Season: August
• Storage: Short
• Special Care: Tip Bearing, long drooping branches

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