American Nonpareil
Apple
American Nonpareil
Origin / History
Brought from New York (Coxe, 1817). Downing (1900) gives origin unknown. Coxe calls it "a beautiful apple."
Tree
Vigorous in growth; full, round, and regular in form.
Fruit
Size: Medium (Downing).
Form: Oblong, pointed at the blossom end (Coxe); oblong conic (Downing).
Stem: Of middling length.
Cavity: Deep.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Very smooth; yellow ground, streaked with lively red.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: White, crisp, and juicy.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Ripens in August.
Uses
"A fine market apple" (Coxe).
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1845) from Massachusetts
- Winship's Nursery (Brighton Nurseries , operated by the Winship family), Brighton (Boston) , Massachusetts — 1845
View original book sources (2)
— William Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)NO. 14. AMERICAN NONPAREIL.
This is a beautiful apple, brought from New-York; streaked with a lively red on a yellow ground the skin is very smooth, the flesh white, crisp, and juicy the shape oblong, and pointed at the blossom end; the stem of middling length, inserted in a deep cavity ; it ripens in August, and is a fine market apple the tree is of a full, round, and regular form, and of a vigorous growth.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)American Nonpareil.
Origin unknown. Tree vigorous, round, and regular. Fruit medium, oblong conic, yellow, streaked with lively red. Flesh white, crisp, juicy, August. (Coxe.)