Flesh yellowish, juicy, tender, mildly and aromatically sweet/tart.

USDA Zones: 6–9 Not Self-fertile Bloom Time-Mid-Late-Season

Synonyms: Winter Horse, Callasaga, Cullasaja

Medium to large. Yellow base color almost covered with red wash with light colored lenticels. Oily feel when completely ripe. The stem is thick medium to long, set in narrow, deep russeted cavity.

Origins: Grown from the seed of a Horse in the 1830s by Nancy Bryson at her parent's home on the banks of the Cullasaja River in Macon County, North Carolina. Apples from this tree were brought to the attention of the well-known pomologist Silas McDowell who introduced them in 1850 by the name Callasaja apples, though it became widely known as by the name Callasaga.

Ripens October to November.

Keeps till February