Lodgemore Nonpareil
AppleLodgemore Nonpareil
Origin/History
Raised by Mr. Cook, of Lodgemore, near Stroud, in Gloucestershire, about the year 1808. His garden was afterwards rented by Mr. Clissold, a nurseryman at Stroud, who propagated and sold it as a seedling of his own. It is an English dessert apple.
Tree
Hardy and bears freely.
Fruit
Size and Form: About medium size, approximately two and a half inches wide and nearly two inches high; roundish ovate and regular in outline.
Stem: A quarter of an inch long, inserted in a narrow cavity.
Cavity: Narrow.
Calyx/Eye: Slightly closed, with broad, flat, leafy segments.
Basin: Narrow.
Skin: The Herefordshire Pomona describes the skin as rich golden yellow when fully ripe, dotted with minute grey dots, and with a blush of red on the side exposed to the sun. Downing describes the color as deep yellow with a blush in the sun.
Flesh/Flavor: Yellowish, firm, crisp, juicy, and aromatic. The Herefordshire Pomona additionally describes the flavor as sweet and notes a fine aroma.
Core/Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
The Herefordshire Pomona gives the season as February to June or even July. Downing, citing Hogg, gives February and March only.
Uses
A dessert apple of great excellence, and one of the very best late sorts.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— Woolhope Naturalists Field Club, The Herefordshire Pomona (1885)
- LODGEMORE NONPAREIL.
[Syn : Lodgemore Seedling ; Clissold's Seedling.]
This Nonpareil was raised by Mr. Cook, of Lodgemore, near Stroud, in Gloucestershire, about the year 1808. His garden was afterwards rented by Mr. Clissold, a nurseryman at Stroud, who propagated and sold it as a seedling of his own.
Description.—Fruit: about medium size, two and a half inches wide and nearly two inches high; roundish ovate and regular in outline. Skin: rich golden yellow when fully ripe, dotted with minute grey dots, and with a blush of red on the side exposed to the sun. Eye: slightly closed, with broad, flat, leafy segments, and set in a narrow basin. Stalk: a quarter of an inch long, inserted in a narrow cavity. Flesh: yellowish, firm, crisp, juicy, sweet, and with a fine aroma.
A dessert apple of great excellence, and one of the very best late sorts. It is in season from February to June or even July.
The tree is hardy and bears freely.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)LODGEMORE NONPAREIL. Clissold's Seedling. An English dessert Apple. Fruit medium, roundish, deep yellow, with blush in sun. Flesh yellowish, firm, crisp, juicy, aromatic. February, March. (Hogg.)