Spencer Seedless Apple Co.
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Product Details
CompanySpencer Seedless Apple Co.
Certificate Type
Capital Stock
Date Issued
November 10, 1905
Canceled
No
Printer
Not indicated
Signatures
Hand signed
Approximate Size
11 1/4" (w) by 9" (h)
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Guaranteed Authentic
Yes
Additional Details
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Historical Context
The Spencer seedless apple started as a new discovery meant to do for the apple what ‘seedless’ has done for the orange citrus fruit. In this fruit, there was no core which makes a larger part of the fruit edible.
John F. Spencer believed it would be possible to develop the occasional seedless apple into a stable variety. That is how it all began. After perseverance, he produced 5 trees in a Grand Junction, Colorado orchard which he used to bud and graft to stabilize the variety. It significantly improved the quality of the fruit which was initially not of commercial standard.
The efforts bore trees that beared seedless apples of good and fine quality. On the Spencer seedless apple tree, no blossom appeared at any time on the trees. Only green buds appeared but when they opened they had no petals.
Spencer seedless apples grew as large as the common winter apple and they contained a similar amount of juice. The fact that the apples did not contain seeds or seed pockets seemed to poise the fruit for great commercial success. However, Spencer could never make the fruit commercially viable and the company went bankrupt.
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