This old variety is valued only as an early cooking apple, for which it has been found very profitable, by those who attend market. Origin unknown. Introduced into the West by Silas Wharton, from the neighborhood of Philadelphia, where it was cultivated largely. Not recognized among the varieties described by Coxe.
Tree spreading, open, round-headed; Twigs stout; Leaves small, mealy.
Fruit medium, roundish-oblate, regular; Surface smooth, greenish-yellow, striped and splashed with red, more or less mingled; Dots minute, dark, and a light bloom.
Basin medium, folded; Eye medium, closed.
Cavity acute, regular, often brown; Stem medium, thick.
Core regular, closed; Seeds angular; Flesh whitish, breaking, coarse, juicy, becoming dry; Quality inferior, except for cooking; Season July.
High-Top.—[LEWIS JONES.]
Fig. 94.—HIGH-TOP.
This handsome apple is supposed to have originated in Wayne County, Indiana, and was brought into notice by Lewis Jones.