Pitmaston Russet Nonpareil
syn. Non Pareille de Pitmaston, Non-Pareille de Pitmaston, Nonpareil Russet, Nonpareil von Pitmaston, Nonpareille de Pitmaston, Pitmaston, Pitmaston Nonpareil Russet, Pitmaston Russet, Pitmaston Russet Nompareil, Pitrnaston Nonpareil, Russet Coat Nonpareil, Russet Coated Nonpareil, Russet Nonpareil, Russet-Coat Nonpareil, Saint John's Nonpareil, Saint-John's Nonpareil, St. John's Nompareil, St. John's Nonpareil, St. Johns Nonpareil
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised at Pitmaston near Worcester, England by John Williams. First fruited in 1814. Fruits have firm flesh with a rich, aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 6th May (10%) · 11th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Flat
- Width
- 76.50 mm
- Height
- 60.00 mm
- Russet
- high-very high
- Ribbing
- very weak
- Firmness
- firm
- Greasiness
- Weak
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Greenish
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour pattern
- mottled
Source · National Fruit Collection
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