Mrs. Phillimore

Apple

Mrs. Phillimore

Origin / History

Raised by Mr. Charles Ross from Lord Burghley and Gladstone, and introduced in 1900 by Messrs. George Bunyard & Co.; noticed in Gard. Chron., 1900, p. 249. Bunyard calls it "a nice apple worthy of further trial" and describes it as a smaller and sweeter Cox's Pomona. Veitch (1911) calls it a "rare and valuable variety."

Tree

Growth upright, spreading; spurs well; moderate; fertile. Leaf undulating, little upcupped, long oval, deeply serrate.

Fruit

Size: Smallish, 2¼ by 2 (Bunyard); medium size (Veitch).

Form: Flattened conical, irregular.

Stem: Medium.

Cavity: Very wide and deep, russet lined.

Calyx: Eye open, tips reflexed.

Basin: Rather deep, boldly ribbed.

Skin: Pale yellow, covered with red flush and broad broken faint stripes.

Dots: Not described in source.

Flesh and flavor: Flesh very tender, greenish, remarkably sweet. Veitch: "richly flavoured and aromatic."

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

October to March. Veitch gives October; Bunyard gives "till March."

Uses

Dessert.

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 2 catalogs (1900–1911) from England

George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1900
James Veitch & Sons , Ltd., Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, London (also Coombe Wood, Langley, and Feltham) , England — 1911

View original book sources (2)

MRS. PHILLIMORE. Gard. Chron., 1900, p. 249. Dessert, till March, smallish, 2¼ by 2, flattened conical, irregular. Colour, pale yellow, covered with red flush and broad broken faint stripes. Flesh, very tender, greenish, remarkably sweet. Eye, open, tips reflexed, in a rather deep, boldly ribbed basin. Stem, medium in a very wide and deep russet lined cavity. Growth, upright, spreading, spurs well, moderate; fertile. Leaf, undulating, little upcupped, long oval, deeply serrate. Origin, raised by Mr. Charles Ross from Lord Burghley and Gladstone, and introduced in 1900, by Messrs. George Bunyard & Co. A nice apple worthy of further trial; it may be described as a smaller and sweeter Cox's Pomona.

— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)

medium size, richly flavoured and aromatic, rare and valuable variety. October

— James Veitch & Sons, Veitch's Fruit Trees (1911) (1911)