Paradise
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Paradise
Origin / History
The name Paradise "has been applied to a large number of different varieties which are used for stocks" (Bunyard, 1920). Coxe (1817) records it as much used for stocks on which to ingraft for espaliers.
Tree
Dwarf, "or rather a shrub" (Coxe). Much used for stocks to ingraft for espaliers, "when it produces very large fruit". Propagated usually by suckers, which frequently bear the second year after transplantation. If not kept trimmed, like a currant bush, it shoots out large suckers, which will exhaust the principal stock and produce fruit of diminutive size.
Fruit
Size: Rather small.
Form: Not described in source.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Yellow in color.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Sweet and pleasant taste.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Ripens the latter part of July.
Uses
Much used for stocks to ingraft for espaliers. Bunyard says none of the varieties so named "possess any special value from the culinary or dessert standpoint."
Subtypes / Variants
Bunyard refers the reader to Journal R.H.S., Vol. XLII, parts II and III, for description of the fruits, and cross-references the name to Thorle.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
USDA Nomenclature (1905)
From W.H. Ragan, Nomenclature of the Apple, USDA Bulletin No. 56
Said to be a native, Pyrus coronaria. A native, Pyrus coronaria.
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1900)
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
View original book sources (2)
— William Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)NO. 5. PARADISE APPLE.
This is a dwarf, or rather a shrub; it is much used for stocks to ingraft for Espaliers, when it produces very large fruit—the usual mode of propagating it, is by suckers, which frequently bear the second year after transplantation—the fruit is rather small, of a yellow colour, and a sweet and pleasant taste; it ripens the latter part of July: if not kept trimmed, like a currant bush, it shoots out large suckers, which will exhaust the principal stock, and produce fruit of a diminutive size.
— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)PARADISE. The name Paradise has been applied to a large number of different varieties which are used for stocks. None of them, however, possess any special value from the culinary or dessert standpoint. For description of the fruits see Journal R.H.S., Vol. XLII., parts II. and III. Paradise : see Thorle.