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Greyhouse
type: Cider
synonyms: Often referred to as House. Also known as Big Romanite, Black Jack, Black Vandervere, German Spitzenburg, Hard Red, Hoopes, Hoopes Pearmain, Hopsey, Hopson, Keystone, May Seek-No-Further, Pilliken, Romanite.
summary: An American cider apple from the northeast coast, probably not in circulation any more.
identification: Medium size, round, dull green over which is a dull red wash. Marked with darker red stripes.
characteristics: Described as a dry, coarse-grained, firm, somewhat tart apple suitable for cider.
origins: First listed by William Coxe in his "A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees and the Management of Orchards and Cider" published in 1817. Spencer Beach lists it in his "The Apples of New York" (published 1903) and states the "Greyhouse probably originated in either New Jersey or Pennsylvania. It was, at one time widely distributed across the U.S.A. but gradually fell from favour in the late 1800s.
cultivation: According to Spencer Beach, the tree is vigorous and spreading, producing fruit biennially.
notes: Listed alongside great American cider apples such as Hewe's Crab, Harrison, Campfield and Hagloe Crab by William Coxe in his "A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees and the Management of Orchards and Cider" published in 1817.
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
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