Omar Pasha

Apple

Omar Pasha

Origin/History

English cooking apple.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Above medium.

Form: Roundish oblate.

Skin: Deep yellow, dotted with russet.

Stem: Short.

Calyx: Open.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Flesh: White, firm, crisp, juicy.

Flavor: Pleasant acid.

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

December to March.

Uses

Cooking.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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Omar Pasha.

An English cooking Apple.

Fruit above medium, roundish oblate, deep yellow, dotted with russet. Calyx open. Stalk short. Flesh white, firm, crisp, juicy, pleasant acid. December to March.

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