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Mountain Beet is a historical apple cultivar recorded in N. E. Hansen's 1902 bulletin A Study of Northwestern Apples. Hansen describes it as a fall apple with medium, irregular, roundish fruit. The fruit is usually largest near the apex and tapers toward both ends. The study trees came from Canada. [S1]
Later notes in the same bulletin give the origin. Mountain Beet was raised from seed at Abbotsford, Quebec, by the grandfather of J. M. Fisk of Abbotsford. W. T. Macoun of the Central Experimental Farm at Ottawa supplied this account from Fisk. The apple had reportedly been planted in an orchard about eighty-five years before the note and was named later. [S1]
The fruit is yellow, but nearly covered with solid dark red and darker stripes. The skin has many small white dots. The flesh is white, red stained especially near the skin, firm, only moderately juicy, and quince like in texture, like Haas. Hansen calls the flavor subacid and fair. A later class list on striped apples gives the shorter descriptor "sweet." [S1]
Mountain Beet is listed as a fall apple. The source gives no storage duration beyond season. The detailed description notes a closed calyx, shallow wide basin, narrow regular cavity, medium to long stem, closed core, conical tube, median stamens, and few pointed seeds. [S1]
The main horticultural warning is scab. The Abbotsford note says Mountain Beet had not been profitable in the eastern townships for about twenty-five years because of scab. It was subject to scab as much as, or more than, Fameuse. [S1]
No direct hardiness zone is given. Its relevance to northern fruit history rests on its Quebec origin, Canadian source material, and inclusion in Hansen's northwestern apple study. The packet does not support a precise zone claim. [S1]
The evidence treats Mountain Beet as an apple cultivar within the broader Malus domestica cultivar material in Hansen's bulletin. No direct parentage, sibling cultivars, descendants, accession numbers, or breeding program release details are provided. [S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from A Study of Northwestern Apples.
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“The Mountain Beet apple was originally raised from seed at Abbotsford, Quebec, by the grandfather of Mr. J. M. Fisk of Abbotsford.”
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“Trees received from Canada.”
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“Dots distinct, numerous, minute, white; cavity acute, regular, narrow; stem medium to long; basin shallow, wide, slightly corrugated; calyx closed.”
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“Core closed, distant, roundish ovate; cells axile, ovate; tube conical; stamens median; seeds few, pointed.”
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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 | 13 | 0 | 0 | p77 p132 p141 | Flesh noted as sweet.; Flesh described as white and stained with red.; Origin and reporting tied to Abbotsford, Quebec and Canada.; Not been profitable in eastern townships for about twenty-five years, primarily from sca |
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| 14 | p141 | flavor_profile | Flesh noted as sweet. | Flesh white, stained with red ... Mountain Beet. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p141 | fruit_color | Flesh described as white and stained with red. | Flesh white, stained with red ... Mountain Beet. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p132 | entry_location | Origin and reporting tied to Abbotsford, Quebec and Canada. | Mountain Beet-"The Mountain Beet apple originally was raised from seed at Abbotsford, Quebec, by the grandfather of Mr. J. M. Fisk... planted in an orchard about eighty-five years ago.... has not been profitable in the e | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p132 | recommendation_context | Not been profitable in eastern townships for about twenty-five years, primarily from scab susceptibility comparable to or worse than Fameuse. | Mountain Beet-"The Mountain Beet apple originally was raised from seed at Abbotsford, Quebec, by the grandfather of Mr. J. M. Fisk... planted in an orchard about eighty-five years ago.... has not been profitable in the e | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p132 | description_snippet | Received name later; orchard history reported at about eighty-five years old. | Mountain Beet-"The Mountain Beet apple originally was raised from seed at Abbotsford, Quebec, by the grandfather of Mr. J. M. Fisk... planted in an orchard about eighty-five years ago.... has not been profitable in the e | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p132 | breeder_reference | Information attributed to J. M. Fisk of Abbotsford (and family origin source). | Mountain Beet-"The Mountain Beet apple originally was raised from seed at Abbotsford, Quebec, by the grandfather of Mr. J. M. Fisk... planted in an orchard about eighty-five years ago.... has not been profitable in the e | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p132 | selection_origin_reference | Raised from seed at Abbotsford, Quebec by the grandfather of J. M. Fisk. | Mountain Beet-"The Mountain Beet apple originally was raised from seed at Abbotsford, Quebec, by the grandfather of Mr. J. M. Fisk... planted in an orchard about eighty-five years ago.... has not been profitable in the e | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p77 | description_snippet | Core closed, distant, roundish ovate; tube conical; stamens median; seeds few and pointed. | Mountain Beet-Fruit medium, irregular, roundish, unequal, tapering to both ends, truncated, usually largest toward apex ; surface yellow, nearly covered with solid dark red with darker stripes; dots distinct, numerous, m | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p77 | storage_duration | Harvest/season noted as Fall. | Mountain Beet-Fruit medium, irregular, roundish, unequal, tapering to both ends, truncated, usually largest toward apex ; surface yellow, nearly covered with solid dark red with darker stripes; dots distinct, numerous, m | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p77 | entry_location | Tree source note indicates trees received from Canada. | Mountain Beet-Fruit medium, irregular, roundish, unequal, tapering to both ends, truncated, usually largest toward apex ; surface yellow, nearly covered with solid dark red with darker stripes; dots distinct, numerous, m | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p77 | flavor_profile | Flesh is white, partly red-stained near skin, firm, only moderately juicy, quince-like texture, subacid, fair; compared with Haas. | Mountain Beet-Fruit medium, irregular, roundish, unequal, tapering to both ends, truncated, usually largest toward apex ; surface yellow, nearly covered with solid dark red with darker stripes; dots distinct, numerous, m | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p77 | fruit_color | Surface mostly solid dark red with darker stripes; dots distinct, minute, white. | Mountain Beet-Fruit medium, irregular, roundish, unequal, tapering to both ends, truncated, usually largest toward apex ; surface yellow, nearly covered with solid dark red with darker stripes; dots distinct, numerous, m | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p77 | fruit_size | Fruit described as medium, irregular, roundish, unequal, tapering toward both ends, truncated. | Mountain Beet-Fruit medium, irregular, roundish, unequal, tapering to both ends, truncated, usually largest toward apex ; surface yellow, nearly covered with solid dark red with darker stripes; dots distinct, numerous, m | page_block:0.90 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| flavor_profile | Flesh noted as sweet. | 0.82 |
| fruit_color | Flesh described as white and stained with red. | 0.90 |
| entry_location | Origin and reporting tied to Abbotsford, Quebec and Canada. | 0.95 |
| recommendation_context | Not been profitable in eastern townships for about twenty-five years, primarily from scab susceptibility comparable to or worse than Fameuse. | 0.88 |
| description_snippet | Received name later; orchard history reported at about eighty-five years old. | 0.86 |
| breeder_reference | Information attributed to J. M. Fisk of Abbotsford (and family origin source). | 0.89 |
| selection_origin_reference | Raised from seed at Abbotsford, Quebec by the grandfather of J. M. Fisk. | 0.94 |
| description_snippet | Core closed, distant, roundish ovate; tube conical; stamens median; seeds few and pointed. | 0.78 |
| storage_duration | Harvest/season noted as Fall. | 0.96 |
| entry_location | Tree source note indicates trees received from Canada. | 0.84 |
| flavor_profile | Flesh is white, partly red-stained near skin, firm, only moderately juicy, quince-like texture, subacid, fair; compared with Haas. | 0.90 |
| fruit_color | Surface mostly solid dark red with darker stripes; dots distinct, minute, white. | 0.93 |
| fruit_size | Fruit described as medium, irregular, roundish, unequal, tapering toward both ends, truncated. | 0.95 |
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