POMME GRISE D'OR
ApplePOMME GRISE D'OR
Origin and History
An old variety of unknown origin. Considerably grown in Canada and sections of Western New York. Trees of this variety were found near Niagara on the Colonel Swazie farm, where it probably originated; trees there reached two feet in diameter. The fruit is more oblong, more golden in color, and more aromatic than the Pomme Grise, and is considered superior to it.
Tree
Hardy, upright, moderately vigorous. Good bearer every other year.
Fruit
Size and Form: Small; oblate or roundish oblate, conical.
Skin: Deep yellow, covered with a thin light cinnamon grayish russet; marked with many rather large light dots.
Stalk: Short to long, slender.
Cavity: Rather broad, deep.
Calyx: Small.
Basin: Quite large, deep, corrugated.
Flesh and Flavor: White, tender, juicy, mild subacid, rich and aromatic. Quality very good or best.
Core: Rather small.
Season
January to March or April.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)POMME GRISE D'OR.
Swazie Pomme Grise.
An old variety of unknown origin. I am informed it is considerably grown in Canada and sections of Western New York, and there were trees of it near Niagara on the Colonel Swazie farm—where it probably originated—two feet in diameter. Tree hardy, upright, moderately vigorous. Good bearer every other year. The fruit is more oblong, more golden in color, and more aromatic than the Pomme Grise, and is considered superior to it.
Pomme Grise d'Or.
Fruit small, oblate, or roundish oblate, conical; skin deep yellow, covered with a thin light cinnamon grayish russet, and many rather large light dots; stalk short to long, slender; cavity rather broad, deep; calyx small; basin quite large, deep, corrugated; flesh white, tender, juicy, mild subacid, rich and aromatic; very good or best; core rather small. January to March or April.