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Scott's Winter
type: Culinary, Dessert, Pie
synonyms: Scott Winter, Scott's Winter, Scott’s Red Winter, Wilcox's Winter, Scott (note that this name refers to another variety of apple; please see Scott . )
summary: Once a valuable apple for commercial orchards where winter hardiness is an issue, Scott's Winter originated in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
identification: Medium size, round to round-conic. The skin is thin and smooth with a background of greenish yellow covered with deep red blushes and darker red stripes. Marked with scattered, small light coloured lenticels, some of which can be russetted. The stem is medium stout, short and set in a deep and narrow cavity with russet radiating out onto the shoulders. The calyx is small and closed, set in a deep and narrow basin.
characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured, ocassionally stained red. Crisp, tender and juicy. Sprightly and aromatic. Tart if picked early, but mellows with ripeness.
uses: Often picked under-ripe when it is very tart for cooking, especially pies and tarts since it keeps its shape and the flavour comes forward. It matures to an excellent eating apple.
origins: A chance seedling found growning in 1864 on the Scott farm near Newport, northern Vermont (U.S.A). It was cultivated and promoted by Dr. Thomas Hoskins. First listed in the Montreal Horticulture Society's 1877 Report and comes highly praised in the 1892 issue of "The Canadian Horticulturist." Though replaced by more modern commercial varieties, it is still offered by a number of North American nurseries.
cultivation: Vigorous, large, upright-spreading tree. Precocious, becoming an annual bearer, infrequently prone to fluctuating harvests every other year. Left to grow wild without blossom thinning, this tree will grow an abundance of very small fruit.
progeny: Minnesota 638 is an open pollinated seedling of Scott’s Winter
cold storage: Keeps up to five months.
vulnerabilities: Susceptible to scab.
harvest: Ready for harvest late in the fifth period and sometimes early in the sixth. The fruit hangs well at maturity.
notes: Looks remarkably like a Winesap in shape and colour.
pollination peak: 1
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 20
harvest period: 5
hardiness: 4
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