Washington Sweet

Fall-winter. Unknown parentage. Possibly from Sidney, ME (Kennebec County) 19th century. No one knows the origin of this apple. It has been a long time local favorite in Sidney, Maine and may have originated there. It is unknown in the literature and may be a pseudonym for Bailey's Golden Sweet which originated on the farm of Paul Bailey in Sidney and is described in Cole's American Fruit Book. It has a strong, distinctive sweet taste in the same class as Tolman Sweet. The apples are distinctly roundish-conic and medium to large sized. They are yellow, mottled with bronze and a slight orange red blush. There are small gray dots. The flesh is fairly a yellowish white, fine grained and dry.