Westfield Seek-no-Further apple identification

Creamy yellow fruit streaked red with some russeting. Crisp, tender, juicy and aromatic flesh with distinctive flavor. Not recommended for cooking. Introduced / discovered in 1700s.

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Identification

Flesh colour - White to Cream, pale yellow
Fruit size - Small
Fruit size - Medium
Fruit size - Large
Fruit size - Variable
Fruit shape - Round
Fruit shape - Round-conical
Fruit shape - Oblong-conical
Fruit shape - Oblong
Shape features - Elliptical, Compressed, Irregular
Shape features - Regular, round
Shape features - Slightly, broadly, obscurely ribbed
Shape features (vertical view) - Lop-sided, unequal sides, irregular
Shape features (vertical view) - Symmetrical
Shape uniformity - Uniform, in size and shape
Seeds - size - Small
Seeds - size - Medium
Core - Axile / Symmetrical
Core - Open
Seeds - point - Acute
Seeds - point - Obtuse
Seeds - characteristics - Abortive
Seeds - characteristics - Dark
Seeds - characteristics - Few
Seeds - characteristics - Many
Seeds - characteristics - Plump
Core - lines - Moderate
Core - lines - Narrow
Core - lines meeting - Base of calyx tube
Core - lines meeting - Sides of calyx tube
Calyx / Sepals- Opening - Small
Calyx / Sepals- Opening - Medium
Calyx / Sepals - Size - Short
Calyx / Sepals - Width - Medium
Calyx / Sepals - Width - Wide
Calyx Tube - Shape - Conic
Calyx Tube - Length - Medium
Calyx Tube - Size - Large
Calyx Tube - Size - Medium
Calyx Tube - Size - Small
Calyx Tube - Stamen - Basal
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Open
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Closed
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Partially Open
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Convergent
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Flat
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Reflexed
Russet - Present
Russet % coverage - High
Russet % coverage - Medium
Russet details - Capillary lines, Netting, Veins, Webbing
Russet details - Solid cover - thin
Russet details - Radiating, stellate, rays, stripes
Russet details - Dots, Patches, Spots
Russet details - In stem cavity
All green or yellow - Other colors present
Skin color (when ripe) - Yellow (+/or) Green with some Red (+/or) Pink
Skin color (when ripe) - Bluish cast on top of color
Skin blush - Present
Skin blush (color) - Orange to Orange Red Brown
Skin blush (color) - Red to Deep Red into Dark Purple
Scarf skin - Not present
Suture lines - Not present
Bloom - Present
Bloom qualities - Thin White
Skin waxy or greasy - No waxiness or greasiness present
Skin feel - Dry
Skin feel - Not smooth, Rough
Skin feel - Smooth
Stripes - Stripes present
Stripes - No stripes
Stripes (details) - Short splashes
Stripes (details) - Mixed stripes, colors
Stripes (details) - Washed - faded
Stripes (color) - Dark Red
Stripes (color) - Russet
Stripes (color) - Brownish-red
Stripes (color) - Crimson to Purplish
Stripes (color) - Mixed colors
Stripes (color) - Scarlet, Carmine (red orange)
Stripes (color) - Pink
Stripes (color) - Red
Stem (length) - Medium
Stem (length) - Long
Stem (thickness) - Slender
Stem (thickness) - Medium
Stem cavity (russet) - Gray to Brown Russet
Stem cavity (russet) - Little, light russet
Stem cavity (russet) - Ochre or Green Russet
Stem cavity (russet) - Russet rays extening out from stem cavity
Stem cavity (russet) - Yellow to Golden Brown Russet
Stem (position) - Inclined, Oblique, laying to the side
Stem (details) - Bract node on stem
Stem (details) - Curved
Stem (details) - Knobby, Clubbed
Stem (color) - Brown
Stem Cavity (protruberances) - Furrows, Corrugated
Stem Cavity (side view depth) - Medium
Stem Cavity (side view depth) - Deep
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Brown
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Green
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Red
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Russet
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Scarf, Pale Coating
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Silvery Gray
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Yellow
Stem Cavity (slope to stem) - Steep, Acuminate slope
Stem Cavity (top view orientation) - Symmetrical
Stem Cavity (top view width) - Moderate, Medium width
Stem Cavity (top view width) - Narrow
Basin skin - Yellow
Basin skin - Russet
Basin skin - Bloom, Scarf, Waxy, Dusty
Basin skin - Brown
Basin width - Narrow
Basin width - Moderate
Basin russet - Gray to Brown Russet
Basin russet - Little, light russet
Basin russet - Smooth, fine Russet
Basin russet - Yellow to Golden Brown Russet
Basin (top view) - Symmetrical, Round
Basin (side view slope to eye) - Tight, Acuminate
Basin (side view slope to eye) - Tight to medium slope
Basin (side view slope to eye) - Acute, Regular, Medium slope
Basin (side view slope to eye) - Obtuse, gradual slope to eye
Basin (side view slope to eye) - Variable
Basin (side view depth) - Shallow
Basin (side view depth) - Medium depth
Basin (protruberances) - Undulate, Furrowed, Wavy, Puckered
Basal lobes - Slightly present
Basal lobes - Not present
Dots (description) - Light colored, pale, greyed
Dots (description) - Areolar
Dots (description) - Gray
Dots (description) - Raised
Dots (description) - Russet
Dots (description) - Yellow
Dots (numbers) - Moderate
Dots (numbers) - Numerous
Dots (size) - Large
Dots (skin lenticels) - Conspicuous, prominent, distinct
Dots (spread) - Random, Irregular spread
Dots (spread) - From Basin lessening toward Cavity
Flesh (staining) - Yellow
Flesh (staining) - Not present
Flesh (texture) - Tender, Soft, Melting
Flesh (texture) - Crisp, Breaking into chuncks
Flesh (texture) - Firm, Hard
Flesh (texture) - Moderate
Flesh (grain) - Medium
Flesh (grain) - Granular, Coarse, Mealy
Flesh (juiciness) - Juicy or Very Juicy

Using

Uses - Eat fresh
Uses - Drying
Flavour quality - Exceptional
Flavour quality - Very good
Flavour style - Aromatic
Flavour style - Sweet/Sharp
Flavour style - Honeyed / Scented
Flavour style - Sweeter
Flavour style - Dry / Nutty
Flavour style - Sharp / refreshing
Harvest period - Late season
Only sweet flavor - Tart, sub-acid, or bitter flavor detected

Growing

Fruit bearing - Spur-bearer
Fruit bearing - Partial tip-bearer
Fruit bearing - Tip-bearer
First planted - Before 1950

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