Round Top

Apple

Origin and History

Cultivated in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Described in William Coxe's A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817).

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Form and Size: Rather oblong, with singularly round ends, resembling a long Bergamot Pear.

Stem: Rather long.

Skin: Smooth; color yellowish green with a faint blush next the sun.

Flesh and Flavor: Yellow, firm, and rich; flavor agreeable.

Season

Not described in source.

Uses

Fine table and cider apple.

Subtypes and Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Bears abundantly; keeps well.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 2 catalogs (1901–1913) from Illinois

Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913

View original book sources (1)

NO. 119. ROUND TOP.

The form is rather oblong; the ends singularly round, resembling a long Bergamot Pear; the stem rather long; the skin smooth; the colour a yellowish green, with a faint blush next the sun; the flesh yellow, firm, and rich; the flavour agreeable—it is a fine table and cider apple, bears abundantly, and keeps well—cultivated in Monmouth county New-Jersey.

— William Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)