- Identification.—[Hort. Trans.] vol. iii. p. 265. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 478. [Fors. Treat.] 117. [Lind. Guide], 95. [Rog. Fr. Cult.] 67.
- Synonymes.—St. John’s Nonpareil, [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 1, 669. Pitmaston Russet Nonpareil, acc. [Hort. Trans.]
- Figure.—[Hort. Trans.] vol. iii. t. 10. f. 4.
Fruit, above medium size, three inches wide, and two inches and a half high; roundish and flattened. Skin, pale green, almost entirely covered with russet, and with a faint tinge of red on the side next the sun. Eye, open, set in a broad, shallow, and plaited basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a shallow cavity. Flesh, greenish-yellow, firm, rich, and highly aromatic.
A dessert apple of the greatest excellence. It is in use from December to February.
This variety was raised by John Williams, Esq., of Pitmaston, St. John’s, near Worcester, and was first communicated to the London Horticultural Society in 1820.
270. PITMASTON GOLDEN WREATH.—M.
- Identification and Figure.—[Maund. Fruit], pl. 16.
Fruit, very small, half-an-inch wide by half-an-inch high; conical and undulating round the eye. Skin, of a fine deep rich yellow, strewed with russety dots. Eye, large and open, with long, spreading, acuminate segments, set in a shallow and plaited basin. Stalk, an inch long, very slender, inserted in a narrow and shallow cavity. Flesh, rich yellow, crisp, juicy and sugary.
A pretty little apple; in use from September to Christmas.
This beautiful variety was raised by J. Williams, Esq., of Pitmaston, from the Golden Pippin, impregnated with the pollen of the Cherry apple, or what is usually called the Siberian Crab.