Peach-Pond Sweet
Apple
Peach-Pond Sweet
Origin / History
Originated in Dutchess County, New York, taking its name from a small village of Peach Pond in that county (Downing). Considered well worthy of more general dissemination (Downing).
Tree
Vigorous and spreading (Downing); Elliott describes the growth as moderate and spreading, and the tree as an annual moderate bearer. Young shoots dull grayish brown (Downing).
Fruit
Size: Small to medium (Warder); medium (Downing, Elliott, Lowther).
Form: Round-oblate, pentangular, slightly conical (Warder); rather flat (Downing); flat (Lowther); roundish (Elliott).
Surface / Skin: Smooth, pale yellow, lightly covered with mixed and striped red, and beautifully splashed crimson (Warder); striped light red (Downing); pale red, marbled and striped on yellow (Elliott); yellow-red (Lowther).
Stem / Stalk: Medium to long, green, sometimes knobby (Warder); long and slender (Downing); slender (Elliott).
Cavity: Deep, acute, regular, brown (Warder); open and slightly russeted (Elliott).
Calyx / Eye: Eye small, closed (Warder); calyx with segments in divisions (Elliott).
Basin: Narrow, regular or folded (Warder); deep (Elliott).
Core: Regular, heart-shaped, closed, meeting the eye (Warder); small (Elliott).
Seeds: Small and short (Warder); ovate pyriform (Elliott).
Flesh: Yellow (Warder) / yellowish (Elliott); tender or very mellow (Downing), tender, fine grained (Warder); moderately juicy (Downing), juicy (Warder).
Flavor: Very sweet (Warder); very rich, sweet, and agreeable (Downing); sweet (Elliott).
Quality: Almost first rate, very good (Warder); very good (Downing, Elliott); good (Lowther).
Season
September (Warder); September to November (Downing); October (Elliott); winter (Lowther).
Uses
For table or baking (Warder); both kitchen and market (Lowther).
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Lowther's reporting notes: Northern Division — 1 reporting station, also reported in another division.
Book Sources
Described in 4 period pomological works
- Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867) — listed as Peach Pond Sweet
- Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)
- Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865) — listed as Peach Pond Sweet
- Lowther (ed.), Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (1914) — listed as Peach Pond Sweet
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 2 catalogs (1901–1913) from Illinois
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913
View original book sources (4)
— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Peach Pond Sweet.
Origin Dutchess County, New York.
Fig. 125.—PEACH POND SWEET.
Fruit small to medium, round-oblate, pentangular, slightly conical; Surface smooth, pale yellow, lightly covered with mixed and striped red, and beautifully splashed crimson.
Basin narrow, regular or folded; Eye small, closed.
Cavity deep, acute, regular, brown; Stem medium to long, green, sometimes knobby.
Core regular, heart-shaped, closed, meeting the eye; Seeds small, short; Flesh yellow, tender, fine grained, juicy; Flavor very sweet; Quality almost first rate, very good; for table or baking; Season September.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Peach-Pond Sweet.
This is a most excellent autumn variety, from a small village of this name in Dutchess Co., N. Y. It appears well worthy of a more general dissemination. Tree vigorous, spreading. Young shoots dull grayish brown.
Fruit of medium size, rather flat, striped light red. Stalk long and slender. Flesh tender or very mellow, moderately juicy, very rich, sweet, and agreeable. Very good. September to November.
— Granville Lowther (ed.), Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (1914)Peach Pond Sweet. Size: medium. Form: flat. Color: yellow-red. Quality: good. Use: both kitchen and market. Season: winter. Northern Division: 1 reporting station (also reported in another division).
— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)Peach Pond Sweet.
From Dutchess County, N. Y. Tree, moderate growth, spreading; annual moderate bearer. Fruit, medium, roundish; pale red, marbled and striped on yellow; stem, slender; cavity, open, slightly russeted; calyx, with segments in divisions; basin, deep; core, small; seeds, ovate pyriform; flesh, yellowish, tender, sweet; "very good." October.