Taliaferro (apple)

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← Previous revision Revision as of 21:08, 2 May 2026 Line 8: Line 8: | origin = Virginia, United States, pre-1778 | origin = Virginia, United States, pre-1778 }} }} [[File:Taliaferro Apple.png|thumb|An artist's depiction of how the Taliaferro apple may have appeared. ]] The "'''Taliaferro'''" ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|ɒ|l|ɪ|v|ər}} {{respell|TOL|iv|ər}}), "'''Robinson'''", or "'''Robertson'''" was a [[cider]] [[apple]] grown at [[Monticello]] by [[Thomas Jefferson]]. This [[cultivar]] appears to be extinct, though some [[horticulturalist]]s assert that the various cultivars such as "Nelson County Crab",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.monticello.org/research-education/thomas-jefferson-encyclopedia/malus-pumila-taliaferro/|title=Malus pumila - 'Taliaferro Apple'|website=Monticello|accessdate=Apr 8, 2025}}</ref> "Highland County", and "Red Coat"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypress.com/2019/12/26/man-searches-for-famous-lost-apple-variety-that-originated-near-williamsburg/|title=Man searches for famous lost apple variety that originated near Williamsburg|first=SaraRose|last=Martin|date=Dec 26, 2019|accessdate=Apr 8, 2025}}</ref> may be related, or even the same cultivar under a different name.<ref>{{cite web |author=Hatch, Peter J. |title=Description from Peter J. Hatch, Director of Gardens & Grounds for the Monticello museum |url=http://www.twinleaf.org/articles/taliaferro.html |website=twinleaf.org}}</ref> The "'''Taliaferro'''" ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|ɒ|l|ɪ|v|ər}} {{respell|TOL|iv|ər}}), "'''Robinson'''", or "'''Robertson'''" was a [[cider]] [[apple]] grown at [[Monticello]] by [[Thomas Jefferson]]. This [[cultivar]] appears to be extinct, though some [[horticulturalist]]s assert that the various cultivars such as "Nelson County Crab",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.monticello.org/research-education/thomas-jefferson-encyclopedia/malus-pumila-taliaferro/|title=Malus pumila - 'Taliaferro Apple'|website=Monticello|accessdate=Apr 8, 2025}}</ref> "Highland County", and "Red Coat"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypress.com/2019/12/26/man-searches-for-famous-lost-apple-variety-that-originated-near-williamsburg/|title=Man searches for famous lost apple variety that originated near Williamsburg|first=SaraRose|last=Martin|date=Dec 26, 2019|accessdate=Apr 8, 2025}}</ref> may be related, or even the same cultivar under a different name.<ref>{{cite web |author=Hatch, Peter J. |title=Description from Peter J. Hatch, Director of Gardens & Grounds for the Monticello museum |url=http://www.twinleaf.org/articles/taliaferro.html |website=twinleaf.org}}</ref>