Westfield Seek-no-Further

Westfield Seek-no-Further, painted by Amanda Almira Newton in 1906 for the US Department of Agriculture. Amanda Almira Newton. U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705. Source; public domain.

Origin: Westfield, Massachusetts, United States, by 1796
Parentage: Parents unknown
Uses: Dessert
Picked: October, in Brogdale, Kent (the National Fruit Collection)
Skin: Medium, conical fruit; ground colour green yellow; over-colour orange, streaked
Flesh: Yellowish; soft, fine
Flavour: Sweet and slightly aromatic
Also called: Connecticut Seek No Further; Connecticut Seekno- Further; Connecticut Seeknofurther; Marietta Seek-no- Further; New England Seek-no-Further; New England Seeknofurther; Red Winter Pearmain; Russet Seek-no- Further; Seek; Seek no Further; Seek-no-Further; Seeknofurther; Westfield; Westfield Seek no Further; Westfield Seek-no-Farther

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it¹:

Originated in Westfield, Massachusetts, USA. Known in 1796. Fruits have a little soft, fine, yellowish white flesh with a sweet and slightly aromatic flavour.

Where Westfield Seek-no-Further came from.

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Westfield Seek-no-Further (accession 1948 - 182), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (early october); the other names.

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