Courpendu
Apple
Courpendu
Origin / History
Small apple imported from France. Coxe numbers it 99 in his 1817 View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees.
Tree
Vigorous ("rigorous" in the source), spreading, handsome, and fruitful.
Fruit
Size: Small.
Form: Rather oblong, with deep furrows about the crown, which is a little diminished. Somewhat resembles the Pearmain in appearance.
Stem: Long, deeply planted.
Cavity: Deep, the stem deeply planted in it.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Deep furrows about the crown, which is a little diminished.
Skin: Dull red, dark towards the sun, with fawn-colored spots sunk in the skin.
Dots: Fawn-colored spots, sunk in the skin.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh inclined to yellow; taste sprightly and agreeable.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Keeps well through the winter.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— William Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)NO. 99. COURPENDU.
This is a small apple imported from France: the form is rather oblong, with deep furrows about the crown, which is a little diminished: the stem is long and deeply planted: the skin is a dull red, dark towards the sun, with fawn coloured spots sunk in the skin; the flesh is inclined to yellow, of a sprightly and agreeable taste: it somewhat resembles the Pearmain in appearance, and keeps well through the winter: the tree is rigorous, spreading, handsome, and fruitful.