Nonsuch

Apple

Nonsuch

Origin & History

An old English cooking variety, long-established in cultivation.

Fruit Description

Size & Form: Medium size, regular form, distinctly flattened.

Skin: Greenish yellow ground color, striped and spotted with dull brick red.

Flesh & Flavor: White flesh, soft texture, with a plentiful subacid juice. Quality rated Good.

Season & Storage

September through November. Suitable for extended storage within this window.

Use

Valued primarily as a sauce apple (cooking variety). The plentiful juice and subacid character make it well-suited to culinary applications.

Tree Characteristics

Productive bearer.

Source: A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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NONSUCH. Nonsuch. An old English sort, valuable as a sauce Apple ; productive. Fruit of medium size, regular form, flat, greenish yellow, striped and spotted with dull brick red. Flesh white, soft, with a plentiful subacid juice. Good. September, November.

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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