Cultivar 1716: Louise (Princess Louise)

Louise, also listed as Princess Louise, is an apple cultivar described in N. E. Hansen's 1902 bulletin A Study of Northwestern Apples. Hansen says it originated near Grimsby, Ontario, Canada, on the farm of L. Woolvert, and was probably raised from Fameuse seed. [S1]

The fruit is medium sized, roundish oblate, regular, and slightly angular. The skin is greenish yellow, but nearly or wholly covered with solid dark red. It has darker red splashes and sometimes a thin open network of russet. [S1]

The flesh is snow white, tender, juicy, fine grained, and pleasantly aromatic subacid. Hansen compares it with the Fameuse type and rates its quality as very good. [S1]

Louise is listed as an October to December apple, placing it in a fall to early winter season in Hansen's framework. The source gives no separate storage details beyond that range. [S1]

The 1902 entry gives detailed fruit morphology: a wide obtuse cavity, medium slender stem, shallow smooth basin, closed calyx, half-open core, funnel-shaped tube, and few short plump seeds. It does not describe tree habit, bearing behavior, disease resistance, or hardiness. [S1]

The Fameuse connection is probable, not certain. Hansen says Louise was probably from Fameuse seed, so its parentage should be treated as a probable seed origin, not a confirmed controlled cross. [S1]

Summary source basis

• S1: A Study of Northwestern Apples

This summary currently draws chiefly from A Study of Northwestern Apples.

Selected source quotations

“Louise (Princess Louise)- Originated near Grimsby, Ontario, Canada, on farm of L. Woolvert on , probably from Fameuse seed-Fruit medium, roundish oblate, regular, obscurely angular, surface greenish yellow, almost or wholly covered with a fine solid dark red, with obscure splashes of darker red, sometimes with thin open network of russet; dots obscure, numer”
— A Study of Northwestern Apples, p70

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Source-story quotations

• Louise (Princess Louise)- Originated near Grimsby, Ontario, Canada, on farm of L. Woolvert on , probably from Fameuse seed-Fruit medium, roundish oblate, regular, obscurely angular, surface greenish yellow, almost or wholly covered with a fine solid dark red, with obscure splashes of darker red, sometimes with thin opeA Study of Northwestern Apples, p70
• Louise (Princess Louise)- Originated near Grimsby, Ontario, Canada, on farm of L. Woolvert on , probably from Fameuse seed-Fruit medium, roundish oblate, regular, obscurely angular, surface greenish yellow, almost or wholly covered with a fine solid dark red, with obscure splashes of darker red, sometimes with thin opeA Study of Northwestern Apples, p70
• Louise (Princess Louise)- Originated near Grimsby, Ontario, Canada, on farm of L. Woolvert on , probably from Fameuse seed-Fruit medium, roundish oblate, regular, obscurely angular, surface greenish yellow, almost or wholly covered with a fine solid dark red, with obscure splashes of darker red, sometimes with thin opeA Study of Northwestern Apples, p70
• Louise (Princess Louise)- Originated near Grimsby, Ontario, Canada, on farm of L. Woolvert on , probably from Fameuse seed-Fruit medium, roundish oblate, regular, obscurely angular, surface greenish yellow, almost or wholly covered with a fine solid dark red, with obscure splashes of darker red, sometimes with thin opeA Study of Northwestern Apples, p70

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