ROUNDWAY MAGNUM BONUM
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
ROUNDWAY MAGNUM BONUM
Origin and History
ROUNDWAY MAGNUM BONUM was raised at Roundway Park, Devizes, and brought to notice about 1864.
Tree
Growth habit: Spreading.
Fertility: Moderate.
Leaves: Large, dark, held out, slightly upcupped and undulating. Margin boldly curved serrate. Surface very downy below.
Fruit
Size and form: Large; 3 by 2½ inches. Flat, conical.
Skin: Yellowish-green with dull brown flush and a few broad broken stripes.
Stem: Stout, inserted in a wide deep cavity.
Calyx and basin: Eye a little open in a broad irregular basin.
Flesh and flavor: Firm, greenish-yellow, rather dry. Flavor very sweet and pear-like.
Season and Use
Suitable for dessert or culinary use until March.
Other
A fruit of remarkable flavour, deserving wider cultivation.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 8 catalogs (1897–1917) from England, Illinois
- Kelway & Son , Langport, Somerset , England — 1897
- George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1900
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
- Thomas Rivers & Son , Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire , England — 1913
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913
- George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1914
- George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1917
View original book sources (1)
— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)ROUNDWAY MAGNUM BONUM. Dessert or culinary, till March, large, 3 by 2½, flat, conical. Colour, yellowish-green with dull brown flush and a few broad broken stripes. Flesh, firm, greenish-yellow, rather dry, flavour very sweet and pear like. Eye, a little open in a broad irregular basin. Stem, stout in a wide deep cavity. Growth, spreading; fertility, moderate. Leaf, large, dark, held out, slightly upcupped and undulating, boldly curved serrate, very downy below. Origin, raised at Roundway Park, Devizes, and brought to notice about 1864. A fruit of remarkable flavour, deserving wider cultivation.