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Saxton is an old striped apple cultivar. The source also calls it Pail Stripe. N.E. Hansen described it as a variety from Massachusetts or Connecticut. By the time of A Study of Northwestern Apples, it was also grown in parts of the western United States [S1].
The fruit is medium sized, roundish, truncated, somewhat irregular, and faintly ribbed [S1]. The skin is greenish yellow with a thin light red wash and clear dark red stripes and splashes [S1]. The flesh is yellowish, juicy, tender, and mild subacid. Its quality is rated good to very good [S1].
The tree is vigorous and round headed [S1]. It bears early and is very productive in alternate years. This suggests a strong biennial tendency rather than steady annual cropping [S1].
One distinctive trait is that Saxton’s seeds loosen readily when ripe and rattle when the apple is shaken [S1]. Hansen’s classification table also places Saxton among striped apples with a funnel shaped tube and median stamens [S1].
The available source gives no direct hardiness zone for Saxton. Its inclusion in Hansen’s northwestern apple study and its reported cultivation in parts of the West provide regional context, but they do not prove a modern zone rating [S1].
The source does not settle the exact place of origin. It gives Massachusetts or Connecticut, not a single state [S1]. The available evidence gives no parentage, breeder, release date, storage behavior, disease notes, or descendant breeding use.
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from A Study of Northwestern Apples.
Featured source descriptions
“Fruit shape is roundish, truncated, somewhat irregular and obscurely ribbed; flesh noted as yellowish, juicy, tender, mild subacid.”
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“Saxton is cited as an example of a variety in which the seeds loosen very readily when ripe and rattle when the apple is shaken.”
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“Tube funnel-shaped; stamens median. Seeds rattle loose in the ripe fruit.”
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“Flesh is described as yellowish, juicy, tender, mild subacid, good to very good.”
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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 | 9 | 0 | 0 | p98 p126 p142 | Seeds reportedly rattle loose in the ripe fruit.; Saxton is cited as an example of a variety where mature seeds loosen readily and rattle when the apple is shaken.; Fruit shape is roundish, truncated, somewhat irregular |
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| 14 | p142 | anecdote_snippet | Seeds reportedly rattle loose in the ripe fruit. | Seeds rattle loose in the ripe fruit ... Saxton | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p126 | description_snippet | Saxton is cited as an example of a variety where mature seeds loosen readily and rattle when the apple is shaken. | In a few varieties, such as Saxton, the seeds loosen very readily when ripe and rattle when the apple is shaken. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p98 | description_snippet | Fruit shape is roundish, truncated, somewhat irregular and obscurely ribbed; flesh noted as yellowish, juicy, tender, mild subacid. | Saxton (Pail Stripe ) -An old variety of Massachusetts or Connecticut origin ; is also raised in parts of the west ; tree vigorous, round-headed, an early bearer, very productive alternate years- Fruit medium, roundish, | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p98 | flavor_profile | Flesh is described as yellowish, juicy, tender, mild subacid, good to very good. | Saxton (Pail Stripe ) -An old variety of Massachusetts or Connecticut origin ; is also raised in parts of the west ; tree vigorous, round-headed, an early bearer, very productive alternate years- Fruit medium, roundish, | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p98 | fruit_color | Surface is greenish-yellow, thinly washed with light red, with distinct dark red stripes and splashes. | Saxton (Pail Stripe ) -An old variety of Massachusetts or Connecticut origin ; is also raised in parts of the west ; tree vigorous, round-headed, an early bearer, very productive alternate years- Fruit medium, roundish, | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p98 | fruit_size | Fruit is described as medium. | Saxton (Pail Stripe ) -An old variety of Massachusetts or Connecticut origin ; is also raised in parts of the west ; tree vigorous, round-headed, an early bearer, very productive alternate years- Fruit medium, roundish, | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p98 | productivity | Entry says the variety is an early bearer and very productive, bearing in alternate years. | Saxton (Pail Stripe ) -An old variety of Massachusetts or Connecticut origin ; is also raised in parts of the west ; tree vigorous, round-headed, an early bearer, very productive alternate years- Fruit medium, roundish, | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p98 | growth_habit | Tree is described as vigorous and round-headed. | Saxton (Pail Stripe ) -An old variety of Massachusetts or Connecticut origin ; is also raised in parts of the west ; tree vigorous, round-headed, an early bearer, very productive alternate years- Fruit medium, roundish, | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p98 | entry_location | Origin is stated as Massachusetts or Connecticut, with cultivation also reported in parts of the west. | Saxton (Pail Stripe ) -An old variety of Massachusetts or Connecticut origin ; is also raised in parts of the west ; tree vigorous, round-headed, an early bearer, very productive alternate years- Fruit medium, roundish, | page_block:0.90 |
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| anecdote_snippet | Seeds reportedly rattle loose in the ripe fruit. | 0.95 |
| description_snippet | Saxton is cited as an example of a variety where mature seeds loosen readily and rattle when the apple is shaken. | 0.99 |
| description_snippet | Fruit shape is roundish, truncated, somewhat irregular and obscurely ribbed; flesh noted as yellowish, juicy, tender, mild subacid. | 0.90 |
| flavor_profile | Flesh is described as yellowish, juicy, tender, mild subacid, good to very good. | 0.88 |
| fruit_color | Surface is greenish-yellow, thinly washed with light red, with distinct dark red stripes and splashes. | 0.89 |
| fruit_size | Fruit is described as medium. | 0.98 |
| productivity | Entry says the variety is an early bearer and very productive, bearing in alternate years. | 0.91 |
| growth_habit | Tree is described as vigorous and round-headed. | 0.93 |
| entry_location | Origin is stated as Massachusetts or Connecticut, with cultivation also reported in parts of the west. | 0.95 |
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