Fruit, below medium size; oblato-ovate, regular and handsome. Skin, when fully ripe, of a fine clear yellow, with bright orange, which sometimes breaks out in a faint red next the sun, and covered all over with russety freckles. Eye, large and open, with long, acuminate, and reflexed segments, set in a wide, shallow, and even basin. Stalk, short and slender, inserted in a smooth and even cavity, which is lined with thin russet. Flesh, yellow, tender, crisp, very juicy, rich, and highly flavored.
One of the best and most valuable dessert apples, both as regards the hardiness of the tree, and the rich and delicious flavor of the fruit, which is not inferior to that of the Golden Pippin. It is in use from October to March.
The tree attains the middle size, is healthy, hardy, and an abundant bearer. There is scarcely any description of soil or exposure where it does not succeed, nor is it subject to the attacks of blight and canker. It grows well on the paradise stock, producing fruit much larger than on the crab, but not of so long duration.
This variety is said to have originated at Court of Wick, in Somersetshire, and to have been raised from a pip of the Golden Pippin. It is first mentioned by Forsyth, but I have not been able to discover any facts relative to its history.
85. COURT-PENDU PLAT.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 185. [Down. Fr. Amer.] 105. [Gard. Chron.] 1846, 100.
- Synonymes.—Courtpendû, [Lind. Guide]. 43. Court-pendû plat Rougeâtre, [Ron. Pyr. Mal.] pl. xii. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 1, 212. Court-pendû rond gros, [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 1, n. 216. Court-pendû rond très gros, Ibid. n. 218. Court-pendu rond rougeâtre. Ibid. n. 317. Court-pendu rosat, [Diel Kernobst.] xii. 171. Court-pendû musqué, [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 1, n. 209. Court-pendû rouge musqué, acc. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] Court-pendû rouge, [Rog. Fr. Cult.] 41. Courpendû vermeil, [Inst. Arb. Fr.] 154. Corianda Rose, [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 1, n. 200. Rosenfarbiger, Kurtzstiel, [Diel Kernobst.] xii. 171. Courtpendû Rouge, [Knoop Pom.] 60, t. x. Courtpendû Rosaar, Ibid. 129. Reinette Courtpendû Rouge, Ibid. 129. Der Rothe Kurzstiel, acc. [Thomp.] Rode Korpendu, Ibid. Pomme de Berlin, acc. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] Princesse Noble Zoete, Ibid. Garnons, Ibid. Woolaton Pippin, Ibid. Wise Apple, acc. [Thomp.]
- Figure.—[Knoop Pom.] t. x. [Pom. Mag.] t. 66. [Ron. Pyr. Mal.] pl. xii.
Fruit, medium sized; oblate, regularly and handsomely shaped. Skin, bright green at first on the shaded side, but changing as it ripens to clear yellow, marked with traces of russet, and russety dots; but entirely covered with deep crimson, which is also marked with traces of russet on the side next the sun, extending even to some portion of the shaded side. Eye, open, with short segments, which are reflexed at the tips, and set in a wide, even, and deep basin. Stalk, very short, inserted in a wide and deep cavity, lined with russet, which extends over a portion of the base. Flesh, yellowish-white, firm, crisp, brisk, rich, and sugary, with an abundance of vinous and perfumed juice.