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Campfield apple
A cider apple of medium size. Skin is smooth and red, with small indistinct yellow spots and side away from the sun is typically greenish yellow. The flesh is white, firm, sweet and rich. Form is round, flattened and somewhat sunk at the ends.
USDA identification images for Campfield
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.
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Canada
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Origins
- Species: Malus domestica
- Introduced: 1817
Using
- Picking season: Late
- Cropping: Good
- Keeping (of fruit): 1-2 months
- Food uses: Hard cider
- Juice style: Bittersweet (cider)
Growing
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
- Ploidy: Diploid
- Bearing regularity: Regular
Climate
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
- Cold hardiness (USDA): (4) -30F / -34C
- Cold hardiness (USDA): (5) -20F / -29C
- Cold hardiness (USDA): (6) -10F / -23C
- Cold hardiness (USDA): (7) 0F / -18C
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cold (< 20C / 67F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
Identification
- Country of origin: United States
- Period of origin: 1800 - 1849
- Fruit size: Average
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