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Tony
type: Pie, Sauce
synonyms: Tony Apple
identification: Medium tending to conical. Light green skin, ocassionally with a blush of pale red.
characteristics: The flesh is white, fine grained, soft and juicy.
uses: Considered among the finest for applesauce, apple butter, pies and drying
origins: once widely grown in Rowan, Stanly and Cabarrus counties in central North Carolina, Tony is high?quality apple considered by many to be one of the finest for applesauce, apple butter, pies and drying. The true origin is uncertain, but one legend is that the apple originated as a seedling tree from seeds brought to Mt. Pleasant in Cabarrus County by a wounded Confederate soldier returning from the battle at Gettysburg. On his journey home, the soldier picked an apple from a wild tree, pocketed the seeds, and planted them in hi home garden. Another story says the apple arose on the farm of a wealthy, antebellum North Carolina landowner named Drew Morgan. One day, while surveying his land with his personal slave, Tony, by his side, a small, seedling apple t was discovered on the property. At the request of Tony, the tree was dug up and replanted near the house and named for the faithful servant.
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