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Dark-red skin typical of a fully mature Arkansas black apple. Harvested in Rockingham County, Virginia, in 2022. The Arkansas Black is an apple cultivar that originated in the mid-19th Century in Benton County, Arkansas. [1] It is not the same as the cultivar 'Arkansas' or 'Arkansas Black Twig'. [1]
A specimen of 'White Winter Pearmain', collected in Umatilla County, Oregon. A pearmain, also formerly spelled "permain", is a type of apple.The name may once have been applied to a particular variety of apple that kept well, although in more modern times its inclusion in varietal names was, like the term 'Pippin', "largely decoration" [1] rather than indicating any shared qualities.
The five petals are white, more or less oblong and 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long with irregular edges. Flowering occurs from November to December and the fruit is a dark pink to red, spherical to oval berry , 25–30 mm (0.98–1.18 in) long, 15–40 mm (0.59–1.57 in) in diameter containing a single seed surrounded by white flesh.
The Jersey Black apple is an old North American variety of apple, or Malus domestica; it is thought to have originated c. 1817, but has fallen somewhat out of favor. It is also known as the Black Apple because its skin is very dark red, appearing almost black. It is a dessert apple with sweet white firm flesh.
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According to one source, American William W. Kolb invented the red candy apple. Kolb, a veteran Newark candy-maker, produced his first batch of candied apples in 1908. While experimenting in his candy shop with red cinnamon candy for the Christmas trade, he dipped some apples into the mixture and put them in the windows for display. He sold the ...