Paradise Apple
Apple
Origin/History: Not described in source.
Tree: Dwarf growth habit, or rather a shrub. Propagated by suckers, which frequently bear fruit the second year after transplantation. If not kept trimmed—in the manner of a currant bush—it shoots out large suckers that will exhaust the principal stock and produce fruit of diminutive size.
Fruit:
- Size: Rather small
- Skin: Yellow
- Flavor: Sweet and pleasant taste
- Season: Ripens the latter part of July
Uses: Much used as a stock for grafting espaliers; when used in this manner, produces very large fruit, in contrast to the small fruit borne on the original plant.
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— 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.