Pease Walter
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Pease Walter
Origin and History
Pease Walter originated in Somers, Connecticut, about the first of the nineteenth century, developed by Walter Pease.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form
Fruit large, roundish.
Skin
Surface smooth, greenish yellow, washed with pale brick red, splashed and striped with crimson. Slight bloom. Dots numerous, light russet or gray.
Stem
Stem short, of medium caliper, curved.
Cavity
Cavity large, regular, deep, flaring, greenish, and very slightly russeted.
Basin
Basin medium to large, regular, medium to deep, abrupt, furrowed.
Calyx
Calyx medium size, nearly closed. Segments long, narrow, converging, reflexed at point.
Core and Seeds
Core medium, oval, meeting, nearly closed. Seeds few, medium size, angular, brown.
Flesh and Flavor
Flesh whitish, moderately fine-grained, tender, juicy, subacid, very good.
Season
Autumn.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
- Beach, The Apples of New York Vol. 2 (1905)
- Budd & Hansen, Systematic Pomology (1914) — listed as Pease, Walter
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 10 catalogs (1890–1921) from Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania
- William H. Moon Co. , Morrisville, Bucks County , Pennsylvania — 1890 — listed as Walter Pease
- Rogers Nursery Co. , Moorestown , New Jersey — 1893 — listed as Walter Pease
- Reading Nursery , Jacob W. Manning, Proprietor, Reading , Massachusetts — 1898 — listed as Walter Pease
- Brown Brothers Co. , Continental Nurseries, Rochester, NY (also operated from Toronto, Canada) — 1899 — listed as Walter Pease
- Brown Brothers Co. , Continental Nurseries, Rochester, NY (also operated from Toronto, Canada) — 1901 — listed as Walter Pease
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901 — listed as Walter Pease
- Wm. J. Corse (successor to Robert Sinclair / Sinclair Nurseries) , Baltimore , Maryland — 1909 — listed as Walter Pease
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913 — listed as Walter Pease
- Union Nurseries , J.B. Weaver & Sons, Union , Oregon — 1915 — listed as Walter Pease
- Benedict Nursery Co. , Portland , Oregon — 1921 — listed as Walter Pease
View original book sources (1)
— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)Pease, Walter.—Originated in Somers, Connecticut, by Walter Pease, about the first of the nineteenth century.
Fruit large, roundish; surface smooth, greenish yellow, washed with pale brick red, splashed and striped with crimson; slight bloom; dots numerous, light russet or gray; cavity large, regular, deep, flaring, greenish, and very slightly russeted; stem short, of medium caliper, curved; basin medium to large, regular, medium to deep, abrupt, furrowed; calyx medium size, nearly closed; segments long, narrow, converging, reflexed at point. Core medium, oval, meeting, nearly closed; seeds few, medium size, angular, brown; flesh whitish, moderately fine-grained, tender, juicy, subacid, very good. Autumn. (U. S. Div. of Pomology, 1895.)