Summer Pound Royal
Apple
Summer Pound Royal
Origin/History
An old variety, the origin of which has not been traced. It is now pretty widely disseminated in some parts of Michigan, Ohio, and in the South and West. Known under the alternate names Pound Royale, Pound Royal of the Putnam List, Summer R. I. Greening, and Orange.
Tree
Strong, vigorous, upright spreading grower, hardy and productive. Young shoots very dark brown.
Fruit
Size: Large.
Form: Roundish conical, sometimes roundish oblate conical.
Skin: Greenish white, moderately sprinkled with green and light dots.
Stem: Rather short.
Cavity: Large, deep, slightly russeted.
Calyx: Closed. Segments medium, erect.
Basin: Abrupt, rather deep.
Flesh/Flavor: White, fine-grained, tender, juicy, mild, sprightly subacid. Quality Good to Very Good.
Core/Seeds: Core small.
Season
August–September.
Uses
A profitable orchard and market variety.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
The following coded table entry appears in the Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (Lowther, 1914):
Description absent; variety present in variety-characteristic table.
Summer Pound Royal.... L | rc | yf u | G | m | a | 2* | 2*
Book Sources
Described in 3 period pomological works
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Summer Pound Royal. Pound Royale. Pound Royal of the Putnam List. Summer R. I. Greening. Orange.
An old variety, the origin of which has not been traced. It is now pretty widely disseminated in some parts of Michigan, Ohio, and in the South and West. Tree a strong, vigorous, upright spreading grower, hardy and productive. Young shoots very dark brown.
Fruit large, roundish conical, sometimes roundish oblate conical, greenish white, and moderately sprinkled with green and light dots. Stalk rather short. Cavity large, deep, slightly russeted. Calyx closed. Segments medium, erect. Basin abrupt, rather deep. Flesh white, fine-grained, tender, juicy, mild, sprightly subacid. Good to very good. Core small. August, September. A profitable orchard and market variety.
— Granville Lowther (ed.), Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (1914)Summer Pound Royal.... L | rc | yf u | G | m | a | 2* | 2*
— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)Summer Pound Royal. Large, roundish-conic, greenish-white; fine-grained, tender, sub-acid, very good. End of summer. Profitable. Grown in Ohio and Mich.