Ananas

Apple

Ananas

Also recorded as Rother Ananas; botanical designation Bromelia Ananas.

Origin / History

Not described in source.

Tree

Vigorous, productive.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium, roundish.

Skin: Yellow, streaked with bright red in the sun; brown spots in shade.

Stem: Long, slender.

Cavity: Deep, open.

Calyx: Irregular, open.

Basin: Deep.

Flesh and Flavor: White, tender, juicy, subacid, perfumed; quality excellent.

Season

October.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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Ananas.

Rother Ananas. Bromelia Ananas.

Tree vigorous, productive.

Fruit medium, roundish, yellow, streaked with bright red in the sun, brown spots in shade. Stalk long, slender. Cavity deep, open. Calyx irregular, open. Basin deep. Flesh white, tender, juicy, subacid, perfumed. Excellent. October. (Al. Pom.)

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

Bromelia Ananas Rother Ananas