White Paradise

White Paradise

Origin/History

A Scottish fruit. Downing (1900) notes it is "of some beauty, but of little value except for culinary use."

Tree

A free grower and productive (Downing). Not described in other sources.

Fruit

Size: Medium (Downing; Thomas).

Form: Downing describes the fruit as oblong roundish conical, broadest at base. Thomas gives the form as roundish-oblate — a conflicting shape description.

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, with brown russety dots (Downing). Thomas describes it simply as yellow, streaked red.

Flesh/Flavor: Flesh yellowish, tender, crisp, with a pleasant acid flavor (Downing). Thomas rates quality as "Good."

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Downing gives October. Thomas gives Winter. These are conflicting ripening seasons; the discrepancy may reflect different regional conditions or different interpretations of the harvest window.

Uses

Primarily culinary; Downing considers it of little value for dessert use.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (Lowther, 1914) entry no. 81 is in tabular form only:

White Paradise (81)........... M | rfl | yr | G | m | W | 3*

Description absent; variety present in variety-characteristic table.