Pound Cake
ApplePound Cake
Origin/History A Southern Apple, not much known. Downing notes possible confusion with or relationship to Royal Pearmain (indicated by the question mark in the original).
Tree Not described in source.
Fruit Large, roundish oblate, inclining to conic. Skin golden yellow, mottled and shaded with red, netted and patched with russet. Flesh yellowish, rather crisp, tender, a little granular. Flavor vinous, pleasant. Quality good to very good.
Season November, December.
Uses Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.
Book Sources
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Pound Cake.
Royal Pearmain ?
A Southern Apple, not much known.
Fruit large, roundish oblate, inclining to conic, golden yellow, mottled and shaded with red, netted and patched with russet. Flesh yellowish, rather crisp, tender, a little granular, vinous, pleasant. Good to very good. November, December.