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Oliver
type: Dessert
synonyms: Senator, Oliver’s Red, All-Over-Red
identification: Medium to large. Round. The skin is thick, smooth and glossy. Base colour is yellow, thickly overlaid with wide, dark red stripes. Lenticels are large and russetted. The stem ranges from short to moderately long and stout, set in a deep and wide cavity which is usually marked with a greenish russet. The calyx is large and typically open, set in a wide and somewhat shallow basin. Becomes waxy in storage.
characteristics: The flesh is yellow, sometimes stained red next to the skin. Fine-grained, crisp, juicy and sharp. Rich, sprightly.
origins: Raised by John Oliver in the early 1800s on his farm near Lincoln in Washington County, Arkansas (U.S.A.) and propagated by nurseryman John Holt in the mid-1800s. It was widely grown throughout Arkansas and neighbouring states. According to Creighton Lee Calhoun in his book "Old Southern Apples" (published 1995 and 2011) the apple was part of the Arkansas fruit exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. Stark Brothers Nursery of Louisiana in the state of Missouri subsequently listed this apple starting in 1895 under the name, Senator.
cultivation: Vigorous, upright spreading tree with long, stout branching. Precocious. Tends to bear annual crops.
cold storage: Keeps up to four months in storage.
vulnerabilities: Susceptible to mildew and fire blight. Can develop scab in humid areas.
harvest: Ready for harvest starting in the middle of the fifth period. Fruit holds well to the tree until maturity.
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 16
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