Wayside apple
Wayside is a mid-season dessert apple, probably a seedling of Charles Ross, which it resembles in appearance and flavour.
USDA identification images for Wayside
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Parents and other ancestors of this variety
- Charles Ross (parent) - A probable seedling
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United Kingdom
- Reach Community Orchard in Cambridge,
- Reach Community Orchard in Cambridge,
Origins
- Species: Malus domestica - Apple
- Parentage: Probably a seedling of Charles Ross
- Originates from: Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Introduced: 1930
- Developed by: Miss Cunningham
- UK National Fruit Collection accession: 1948-761
Identification
- Country of origin: United Kingdom
- Fruit colour: Red / Green
Using
- Keeping (of fruit): 2-3 weeks
- Flavour quality: Good
- Flavour style (apples): Sweet/Sharp
- Food uses: Eating fresh
Growing
- Flowering group: 3
- Vigour: Average vigour
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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