Pound Cake
ApplePound Cake
Origin / History
A Southern apple, not much known. Downing's entry carries the query "Royal Pearmain ?" beneath the name, suggesting a possible identity with that variety. The source gives no originator, date of origin, or later history.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Fruit large.
Form: Roundish oblate, inclining to conic.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Golden yellow, mottled and shaded with red, netted and patched with russet.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Yellowish, rather crisp, tender, a little granular, vinous, pleasant. Good to very good.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
November, December.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
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)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.