Wagener apple identification
Hardy, scab resistant tree bears well and heavily. Thinning necessary to produce large fruit. Introduced / discovered in 1790s.
Identification
- Flesh colour - White
- Flesh colour - White to Cream, pale yellow
- Fruit size - Medium
- Fruit size - Large
- Fruit shape - Flat
- Fruit shape - Flat-round
- Shape features - Elliptical, Compressed, Irregular
- Shape features - Anglular (flat-sided)
- Shape features - Ribbed
- Shape features - Slightly, broadly, obscurely ribbed
- Shape features (vertical view) - Lop-sided, unequal sides, irregular
- Shape uniformity - Pentangular, 5 sided
- Shape uniformity - Uniform, in size and shape
- Bultitude apple group - 4. Flushed / striped, smooth, dessert / dual-purpose
- Seeds - size - Small
- Seeds - size - Medium
- Core - Abaxile / Irregular
- Core - Axile / Symmetrical
- Core - Closed
- Core - Open
- Seeds - point - Obtuse
- Seeds - characteristics - Abortive
- Seeds - characteristics - Many
- Core - carpels - Hollow cylinder at center
- Core - lines - Moderate
- Core - lines - Narrow
- Core - lines - Wide
- Core - lines meeting - Sides of calyx tube
- Calyx / Sepals- Opening - Small
- Calyx / Sepals- Opening - Medium
- Calyx / Sepals - Size - Short
- Calyx / Sepals - Width - Narrow
- Calyx / Sepals - Width - Medium
- Calyx Tube - Shape - Funnel
- Calyx Tube - Length - Long
- Calyx Tube - Size - Medium
- Calyx Tube - Stamen - Marginal
- Calyx Tube - Stamen - Median
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Pubescent
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Closed
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Partially Open
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Convergent
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Connivent
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Reflexed
- Russet - Present
- Russet % coverage - Low
- Russet details - Capillary lines, Netting, Veins, Webbing
- Russet details - Radiating, stellate, rays, stripes
- Russet details - Dots, Patches, Spots
- Russet details - In stem cavity
- All green or yellow - Only green or yellow present
- 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 - Not present
- Skin blush (color) - Red to Deep Red into Dark Purple
- Skin blush (color) - Bronze to Brownish Purple
- Skin blush (color) - Pink to Pinkish Red Copper
- Scarf skin - Present
- Suture lines - Not present
- Bloom - Present
- Bloom qualities - Thick White when fully ripe
- Skin waxy or greasy - Waxy or greasy (fresh or stored)
- Skin feel - Dry
- Skin feel - Hammering, peening, tiny pits, shallow dimples
- Skin feel - Smooth
- Stripes - Stripes present
- Stripes - No stripes
- Stripes (details) - Mottled, marbled
- Stripes (details) - Short splashes
- Stripes (details) - Mixed stripes, colors
- Stripes (details) - Washed - faded
- Stripes (color) - Scarlet, Carmine (red orange)
- Stripes (color) - Pink
- Stripes (color) - Red
- Stem (length) - Medium
- Stem (thickness) - Slender
- Stem (thickness) - Medium
- Stem cavity (russet) - Gray to Brown Russet
- Stem cavity (russet) - Heavy russet
- Stem cavity (russet) - Little, light russet
- Stem cavity (russet) - Ochre or Green Russet
- Stem cavity (russet) - Russet cap covers shoulders of cavity
- Stem cavity (russet) - Russet rays extening out from stem cavity
- Stem cavity (russet) - Russeted or can be Russet-free
- Stem (position) - Slightly Oblique
- Stem (position) - Upright
- Stem (details) - Knobby, Clubbed
- Stem (color) - Brown
- Stem (color) - Green
- Stem Cavity (protruberances) - Compressed
- 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) - Flat
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Green
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Russet
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Scarf Stripes extend from stem
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Scarf, Pale Coating
- Stem Cavity (slope to stem) - Acute, Medium Slope
- Stem Cavity (top view orientation) - Symmetrical
- Stem Cavity (top view width) - Moderate, Medium width
- Stem Cavity (top view width) - Narrow
- Basin skin - Shiny, Smooth
- Basin skin - Russet
- Basin skin - Bloom, Scarf, Waxy, Dusty
- Basin skin - Green
- Basin width - Moderate
- Basin russet - Gray to Brown Russet
- Basin russet - Little, light russet
- Basin russet - Usually Russet free
- 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 depth) - Medium depth
- Basin (protruberances) - Smooth, flat
- Basin (protruberances) - Beaded, Mammiform
- Basin (protruberances) - Ridged, Ribbed
- Basin (protruberances) - Undulate, Furrowed, Wavy, Puckered
- Basal lobes - Slightly present
- Basal lobes - Not present
- Dots (description) - Russet
- Dots (description) - White
- Dots (description) - Yellow
- Dots (numbers) - Numerous
- Dots (size) - Small
- Dots (skin lenticels) - Inconspicuous, not prominent
- Dots (spread) - Enter the stem cavity
- 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) - Fine
- Flesh (juiciness) - Juicy or Very Juicy
Using
- Uses - Eat fresh
- Uses - Cooking
- Uses - Hard cider
- Uses - Drying
- Flavour quality - Very good
- Flavour style - Aromatic
- Flavour style - Sweet/Sharp
- Flavour style - Honeyed / Scented
- Flavour style - Sweeter
- Flavour style - Sharp / refreshing
- Harvest period - Late season
- Only sweet flavor - Tart, sub-acid, or bitter flavor detected
Growing
- Fruit bearing - Spur-bearer
- First planted - Before 1950
References
- 'Apples of England' (1948) by Taylor
- Wagener - tasting notes, history, and pedigree on OrangePippin.com