Peasgood's Nonesuch
ApplePeasgood's Nonesuch
Origin/History
Raised by Mr. Peasgood of Stamford, England. Described as resembling a handsome and highly-colored Blenheim Pippin.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Form: Large, roundish oblate.
Skin: Yellow, overspread on the sunny side with red and copiously streaked with bright darker crimson streaks.
Stalk: Short, deeply inserted.
Eye/Calyx: Very large and open, set in a deep, round, and even basin.
Flesh: Yellowish, tender, very juicy.
Flavor: Agreeable acid flavor.
Season
September, October.
Uses
Fine culinary or dessert apple.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Source: A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 6 catalogs (1897–1917) from England
- Kelway & Son , Langport, Somerset , England — 1897
- George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1900
- James Veitch & Sons , Ltd., Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, London (also Coombe Wood, Langley, and Feltham) , England — 1911
- Thomas Rivers & Son , Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire , England — 1913
- George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1914
- George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1917
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Peasgood's Nonesuch.
This beautiful apple was raised by Mr. Peasgood, of Stamford, England, and is a fine culinary or dessert apple, and is like a handsome and highly-colored Blenheim Pippin.
Fruit large, roundish oblate; skin yellow, overspread on the sunny side with red, and copiously streaked with bright darker crimson streaks; stalk short, deeply inserted; eye very large and open, set in a deep, round, and even basin; flesh yellowish, tender, very juicy, with an agreeable acid flavor. September, October (Hogg).