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Carter's Blue
type: Dessert
synonyms: Alabama Pearmain, Blakely, Carter, Carter's Winter, Lady Fitzpatrick, Gully, Magnum, Mangum, Patton, Seago, Johnston's Favorite
identification: Medium size tending to large. Round to round-flattened. The base colour is greenish yellow over which is a loose marbling of dull red stripes. Marked with yellow lenticels. Develops a blueish hue caused by a bloom as it begins to ripen. The calyx is medium size, open, set in a deep, puckered basin. The stem is long, extending higher than the shoulder, reddish and set in a deep, narrow cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is white, sometimes with a tinge of yellow. Firm. Juicy, sweet and tangy, with rose-water fragrance.
origins: Grown in the 1840s by Colonel Carter at Mount Meigs Depot in Alabama (U.S.A.) Thought to be lost but recovered when it was discovered growing in U.K.'s National Fruit Collection by well known lost apple researcher, Lee Calhoun of North Carolina.
cultivation: Vigorous. Suitable for Hardiness Zones 6 to 8.
cold storage: Does not keep well.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the first half of the fifth period.
notes: Mentioned by A.J. Downing in "The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America" published in 1872.
pollination group: B
pollination peak: 7
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 4
harvest period: 5
hardiness: 6
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