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Black Oxford
type: Cider, Dessert, Ornamental, Pie
synonyms: Black Apple, Fourth of July, Gates, Oxford Black, Oxford Pearmain, Rock
summary: Originating in the northeastern U.S.A., this dark-skinned heritage apple is still grown and appreciated more than two centuries after it was found.
identification: Small to medium size. Round, often round conic. The base colour is yellow which is mostly covered with a deep red wash with a sooty, black bloom that makes the apple look darker than it really is. The sun-exposed faces range in colour from reddish purple to almost black, though the shaded faces are a deep red. Heavily marked with abundant, russet lenticels. The stem is long and somewhat slender, set in a deep and narrow, russetted cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is pale greenish-white. Crisp. Juicy, sweet and slightly tart when first picked, becoming progressively sweeter in storage.
uses: Dessert and cooking, makes good dried apple rings. Often used in making cider. Great for pies.
origins: George Albert Stilphen reported in "The Apples of Maine," (published, 1993) that this apple "was found as a seedling by Nathaniel Haskell on the farm of one Valentine, a nailmaker and farmer of Paris in Oxford County (Maine, U.S.A.), about 1790."
cultivation: Biennial.
cold storage: Keeps a up to four months after harvest, becoming sweeter as it gathers its sugars in storage.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the first half of the fifth period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 14
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 16
harvest period: 5
flowers: Pale pink flowers
hardiness: 4
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