White Paradise

Apple

White Paradise

Origin / History

A Scotch fruit of some beauty, but of little value except for culinary use (Downing).

Tree

Tree a free grower, and productive (Downing). Reported by 3 stations in the Northern Division (Lowther).

Fruit

Size: Medium.

Form: Oblong roundish conical, broadest at base (Downing); roundish-oblate (Thomas); round-flat (Lowther).

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Clear yellow, splashed and mottled with red (Downing); streaked with red (Thomas).

Dots: Brown, russety (Downing).

Flesh and flavor: Flesh yellowish, tender, crisp; flavor a pleasant acid. Quality "good" (Thomas; Lowther).

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

October (Downing); winter (Thomas; Lowther).

Uses

Of little value except for culinary use (Downing). Market use (Lowther).

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 3 period pomological works

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White Paradise. Paradise Pippin. Lady's Finger. Long May. May. Egg. Eve. A Scotch fruit of some beauty, but of little value except for culinary use. Tree a free grower, and productive. Fruit medium, oblong roundish conical, broadest at base, clear yellow, splashed and mottled with red, brown russety dots. Flesh yellowish, tender, crisp, pleasant acid. October.

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

White Paradise. Medium, roundish-oblate; yellow, streaked red. Good. Winter.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

White Paradise (81): size medium; form round-flat; color yellow with red; quality good; use market; season winter; reported by 3 stations in the Northern Division, with the asterisk indicating the variety is also reported in another division.

— Granville Lowther (ed.), Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (1914)

Egg Eve Lady's Finger Long May May Paradise Pippin Winter Pearmain