BEAUTY OF BATH
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
BEAUTY OF BATH
Origin and History
Raised at Bailbrook, Batheaston, near Bath, and brought to notice by Messrs. Cooling about 1864. First published notice in Gardeners' Chronicle, 1900, p. 145. Now largely grown for market purposes.
Tree
Growth moderate and very fertile. Leaf round oval, dark green, nearly flat with undulating, curved serrate margins.
Fruit
Size and Form: Small to medium, measuring 2½ by 1¾ inches. Round, much flattened, with an even, regular shape.
Skin: Pale yellow ground with red flush and stripes. Texture a little rough to touch.
Flesh: Tender and yellowish, often stained with red. Flavor sweet and pleasant.
Eye (Calyx): Closed, with tips of the segments reflexed, set in a round, even, rather deep basin.
Stem: Stout, approximately half an inch in length, set in a rather shallow and even cavity.
Season
Early August.
Uses
Dessert.
Notable Characteristics
A very attractive fruit. Chief fault is premature dropping, which leads many growers to place straw beneath the trees to prevent injury.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 10 catalogs (1896–1917) from England, Illinois, Missouri
- Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co. , Louisiana , Missouri — 1896
- Kelway & Son , Langport, Somerset , England — 1897
- George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1900
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
- James Veitch & Sons , Ltd., Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, London (also Coombe Wood, Langley, and Feltham) , England — 1911
- Thomas Rivers & Son , Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire , England — 1913
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913
- George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1914
- George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1917
View original book sources (1)
— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)BEAUTY OF BATH. Gard. Chron., 1900, p. 145. Dessert, early August, small to medium, 2½ by 1¾, round, much flattened, even. Colour, pale yellow, red flush and stripes, a little rough to touch. Flesh, tender, yellowish, often stained with red, sweet and pleasant. Eye, closed, tips of the segments reflexed, in a round even, rather deep basin. Stem, stout, half inch in a rather shallow and even cavity. Growth, moderate ; very fertile. Leaf, round oval, dark green, nearly flat, undulating, curved serrate. Origin, raised at Bailbrook, Batheaston, near Bath, and brought to notice by Messrs. Cooling, about 1864. This is a very attractive fruit, which is now largely grown for market purposes. Its chief fault is premature dropping which leads many growers to place straw beneath the trees to prevent injury.