244. NONESUCH.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 489. [Lind. Guide], 20.
- Synonymes.—Nonsuch, [Fors. Treat.] 116. [Rog. Fr. Cult.] 36. [Down. Fr. Amer.] 91. Langton Nonsuch, [Hanb. Pl.]
- Figure.—[Ron. Pyr. Mal.] pl. xxxvii. f. 2.
Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half wide, and two inches and a quarter high; roundish-oblate, regularly and handsomely shaped. Skin, smooth, pale yellow, mottled with thin pale red, on the shaded side; and striped with broad, broken stripes of red next the sun. Eye, small and closed, set in a wide, shallow, and even basin. Stalk, short and slender, inserted in a shallow cavity. Flesh, white, tender, juicy, sugary and slightly perfumed.
An excellent culinary apple, of first-rate quality, and, according to Mr. Thompson, excellent for apple jelly; it is ripe in September, and continues during October.
The tree is a free grower, attaining about the middle size, and is an abundant, and early bearer, young trees three years old from the graft producing an abundance of beautiful fruit.
Although an old variety, I do not think this is the Nonesuch, of Rea, Worlidge, or Ray, as all these authors mention it as being a long keeper, for which circumstance, it might otherwise have been considered the same. Rea says “it is a middle sized, round, and red striped apple, of a delicate taste, and long lasting.” Worlidge’s variety is probably the same as Rea’s he says “The Non-such is a long lasting fruit, good at the table, and well marked for cider.” And Ray also includes his Non-such among the Winter Apples.
245. NONPAREIL.—Duh.
- Identification.—[Duh. Arb. Fruit.] i. 113, t. xii. f. 2. [Switz. Fr. Gard.] 136. Lang. Pom. 134. t. lxxix. f. 4. [Mill. Dict.] [Fors. Treat.] 117.
- Synonymes.—Old Nonpariel, [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3. n. 476. [Lind. Guide], 91. [Down. Fr. Amer.] 120. Old or Original Nonpareil, [Rog. Fr. Cult.] 70. English Nonpareil, acc. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] Hunt’s Nonpareil, [Hort Soc. Cat.] ed. 1, 659. Lovedon’s Pippin, Ibid. 573. Reinette Nonpareil. [Knoop. Pom.] 51, t. ix. Nonpareil d’Angleterre, [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 1, 647. Duc d’Arsel, Ibid. 283. Grüne Reinette, Sickler. Obstgärt. iii. 177, t. 10. [Diel Kernobst.] v. 95. Nompareil, [Chart. Cat.] 54. Pomme-poire, acc. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3.
- Figures.—[Pom. Mag.] t. 86. [Ron. Pyr. Mal.] pl. xxxiv. f. 5.
Fruit, medium sized; roundish, broad at the base and narrowing towards the apex. Skin, yellowish-green, covered with large patches of thin grey russet, and dotted with small brown russety dots, with occasionally a tinge of dull red, on the side next the sun. Eye, rather prominent, very slightly if at all depressed, half open, with broad segments which are reflexed at the tips. Stalk, an inch long, set in a round and pretty deep cavity which is lined with russet. Flesh, greenish, delicate, crisp, rich, and juicy, abounding in a particularly rich, vinous, and aromatic flavor.