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William Johns is an apple cultivar described in an early South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin on northwestern apples. It originated with William Johnson of Farmington, Minnesota. The bulletin lists it as a winter apple, not a summer or fall apple. [S1]
The fruit is medium to large, heavy, and oblong conical. The skin is green, mostly covered with dull red splashes and stripes, with a blue bloom over the surface. The dots are numerous, distinct, and white, with large whitish bases. [S1]
The flesh is white, subacid, and rated good. The source gives no detailed cooking or dessert assessment beyond that quality note. The winter label shows it was treated as a keeping or late-use apple in the catalog. [S1]
The bulletin gives detailed traits for identification: a wide, shallow, funnel-shaped cavity with stellate russet; a very long, very stout stem filling the lower part of the cavity; a narrow, flat basin with minute wrinkles; and a wide open core with elliptical, slit-like cells. [S1]
The available source gives no parentage, breeder program, release year, tree habit, disease observations, or direct hardiness rating. Its Minnesota origin and inclusion in a northwestern apple bulletin place it in a northern orchard context, but the packet does not support a zone claim. [S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from A Study of Northwestern Apples.
Selected source quotations
“William Johns.— Originated by William Johnson, Farmington, Minnesota. Fruit medium to large, heavy, oblong conical; surface green, mostly covered with dull red splashes and stripes, overlaid with blue bloom; dots distinct, numerous, white, with large whitish bases; cavity wide, shallow, funneled-shaped, with stellate russet; stem very long and very stout, en”
— A Study of Northwestern Apples, p116
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 14 | A Study of Northwestern Apples | unknown | 5 | 0 | 0 | p116 | Harvest/use note indicates winter season performance.; Flesh is white and subacid, and the apple is assessed as good.; Skin is green with dull red splashes and stripes, with blue bloom; dots are distinct, numerous, white |
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| 14 | p116 | storage_duration | Harvest/use note indicates winter season performance. | William Johns.— Originated by William Johnson, Farmington, Minnesota. Fruit medium to large, heavy, oblong conical; surface green, mostly covered with dull red splashes and stripes, overlaid with blue bloom; dots distinc | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p116 | flavor_profile | Flesh is white and subacid, and the apple is assessed as good. | William Johns.— Originated by William Johnson, Farmington, Minnesota. Fruit medium to large, heavy, oblong conical; surface green, mostly covered with dull red splashes and stripes, overlaid with blue bloom; dots distinc | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p116 | fruit_color | Skin is green with dull red splashes and stripes, with blue bloom; dots are distinct, numerous, white with large whitish bases. | William Johns.— Originated by William Johnson, Farmington, Minnesota. Fruit medium to large, heavy, oblong conical; surface green, mostly covered with dull red splashes and stripes, overlaid with blue bloom; dots distinc | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p116 | fruit_size | Fruit is described as medium to large, heavy, and oblong-conical. | William Johns.— Originated by William Johnson, Farmington, Minnesota. Fruit medium to large, heavy, oblong conical; surface green, mostly covered with dull red splashes and stripes, overlaid with blue bloom; dots distinc | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p116 | selection_origin_reference | Origin is attributed to William Johnson of Farmington, Minnesota. | William Johns.— Originated by William Johnson, Farmington, Minnesota. Fruit medium to large, heavy, oblong conical; surface green, mostly covered with dull red splashes and stripes, overlaid with blue bloom; dots distinc | page_block:0.90 |
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| storage_duration | Harvest/use note indicates winter season performance. | 0.91 |
| flavor_profile | Flesh is white and subacid, and the apple is assessed as good. | 0.90 |
| fruit_color | Skin is green with dull red splashes and stripes, with blue bloom; dots are distinct, numerous, white with large whitish bases. | 0.89 |
| fruit_size | Fruit is described as medium to large, heavy, and oblong-conical. | 0.93 |
| selection_origin_reference | Origin is attributed to William Johnson of Farmington, Minnesota. | 0.88 |
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