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Kane
type: Dessert
synonyms: Cain, Cane
identification: Small to medium size, round tending to conic, sometimes with ribbed faces. The smooth skin is pale yellow over which is a bright red flush. The calyx is medium size and open, set in a shallow basin. The stem is short, set in a russetted cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is white, juicy, sweet and sprightly. Rated as “very good” by Dr. John A. Warder under the name Cain in his “American Pomology: Apples” (published 1867).
origins: Arose in Kent County, Delaware (U.S.A.) around the middle of the 1800s and was described by John J. Thomas in “The American Fruit Culturist” (published 1849). Also acknowledged by Charles Downing in his 1857 update of A.J. Downing’s “The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America.” Listed in 1867 by John A. Warder under the name Cain in his 1867 edition of “American Pomology: Apples.” John J. Thomas was somewhat critical of the apple describing it as "hardle of the highest quality, but much admired for its beauty" in the 1849 edition of his "The American Fruit Culturist." According to the late Lee Calhoun in “Old Southern Apples,” the variety had become scarce by the latter half of the 1900s but a surviving tree was located in 1995 on the property of Thad Wiseman in Yadkin County, North Carolina. Scion wood collected by Calhoun from that tree has provided the groundwork for its recovery.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous
harvest: Ready for harvest in the fifth period.
notes: Sometimes confused with the similar Bohanon .
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
harvest period: 5
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