English Nonpareil
Apple
English Nonpareil
Origin/History
An English apple, reputed to be their finest table fruit, though it does not achieve the same flavor intensity in the American climate as in its native England.
Tree
Of straight and upright form with regular growth and great fruitfulness.
Fruit
Size: About the middling size.
Form: Flat.
Skin: Rough, of a dull green with a small portion of russet intermixed with black clouds and spots.
Flesh/Flavor: Rather dry with a sprightly taste. Does not appear to be so highly flavored in the American climate as in England.
Cavity, Calyx, Basin: Not described in source.
Core/Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Ripens in November and keeps through the winter.
Uses
Table fruit.
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. 97. ENGLISH NONPAREIL. This apple is about the middling size; the form is flat; the skin rough, of a dull green, partaking of a small portion of russet, mixed with black clouds and spots: the flesh is rather dry, has a sprightly taste, but does not appear to be so highly flavoured in our climate as in England, where it is thought to be their finest table fruit; the tree is of a straight and upright form; regular growth, and great fruitfulness; it ripens in November, and keeps through the winter.