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Martin Nonpareil

Apple

Martin Nonpareil

Origin/History An English Apple.

Tree Vigorous grower, hardy, and a good bearer.

Fruit

Size & Form: Small; roundish or roundish oblate.

Skin: Yellow with many traces and patches of russet, and small gray and brown dots.

Flesh & Flavor: Yellow, compact, juicy, brisk, rich subacid. Quality: Very good.

Core & Seeds: Core small.

Season November to March.

Uses Too small for profit.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Martin Nonpareil.

An English Apple. The tree a vigorous grower, hardy, and a good bearer.

Fruit small, roundish or roundish oblate, yellow, with many traces and patches of russet, and small gray and brown dots. Flesh yellow, compact, juicy, brisk, rich subacid. Very good. Core small. November to March. Too small for profit.

A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)
Nonpareil von Martin