A good dessert apple of second-rate quality; in use during November and December.
258. PASSE POMME D’AUTOMNE.—Duh.
- Identification.—[Duh. Arb. Fr.] i. 278. Dahuron. Traité. 115. [Chart. Cat.] 50. [Rog. Fr. Cult.] 39.
- Synonymes.—Passe Pomme Rouge d’Automne, [Diel. Kernobst.] ii. 50. Générale, acc. Duhamel. Pomme d’Outre passe, Ibid. Passe Pomme Cotellée, [Merlet. Abregé]. Herbststrich Apfel, [Mayer. Pom. Franc.] Tab. iii. f. 3. Rother Herbststrichapfel, [Diel Kernobst.] ii. 50.
- Figures.—[Mayer. Pom. Franc.] t. iii. f. 3. [Sickler Obstgärt.] xv. t. 7.
Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half wide, and two inches and a quarter high; round and slightly flattened, with prominent ribs on the sides, which extend into the basin of the eye. Skin, pale straw-colored, almost white, with a few stripes of red on the shaded side; but entirely covered with beautiful crimson, which is striped with darker crimson, and strewed with small grey dots where exposed to the sun. Eye, large and closed, set in a rather shallow and ribbed basin. Stalk, fleshy, set in a wide and deep cavity. Flesh, very white, tinged with red, more so than the Passe Pomme Rouge, tender, juicy, rich, sugary and vinous.
An excellent autumn culinary apple; ripe in September.
The tree is vigorous and healthy, but does not attain a large size. It is a very abundant bearer, and well suited for dwarf training when grown on the paradise or doucin stock.
Dahuron says of this apple “on la nomme en Hollande Pomme de Jerusalem;” but according to Knoop, the Dutch pomologist, it is the Pigeon, which is known under that name.
259. PASSE POMME ROUGE.—Duh.
- Identification.—[Duh. Arb. Fruit], i. 277. [Dahuron Traité.] 114. [Bret. Ecole], ii. 470. [Bon. Jard.] [Chart. Cat.] 49. [Rog. Fr. Cult.] 32.
- Synonymes.—Rother August-Apfel, [Henne Anweis], 150. Rothe Sommerpasspomm, [Christ Handworter], 68. Rothe Kurzdauerende Apfel, Ibid.
- Figure.—[Nois. Jard. Fruit], ed. 2, pl. 92.
Fruit, small; roundish-oblate, even and regularly formed. Skin, thick, red all over, pale on the shaded side, but of a deep and bright color next the sun; and so sensitive of shade, if any portion of it is covered with a leaf or twig, a corresponding yellow mark will be found on the fruit. Eye, small, set in a narrow, even, and rather deep basin. Stalk, half-an-inch long, slender, set in a wide, deep, and even cavity. Flesh, white, tinged with red under the skin on the side exposed to the sun, crisp, juicy, and richly flavored when first gathered, but soon becomes dry and woolly.