Peasgood's Nonsuch

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Culinary

Introduced

1858

Origin

Stamford, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Fruit height: 75.7 mm
Fruit width: 95.3 mm

Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.

Peasgood's Nonsuch is a large, golden-yellow apple with faint flush and broken stripes, round-flattened and remarkably regular in form. It is renowned as one of the most beautiful fruits grown and excels in cooking, producing a frothy purée when processed. Raised by Mrs. Peasgood of Stamford from a Catshead Codlin seed in 1858, it matures September to November and is vigorous and fertile but somewhat prone to canker.

Flavor & Texture

sweetjuicy

Best Uses

cookingfresh_eating

4 historical watercolors from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942) included in the gallery above. Public domain.

Lineage

Parents

Golden Noble Reinette Franche Catshead

Offspring

Kaiser Wilhelm Charles Ross Howgate Wonder Colonel Yate Crimson Peasgood Elsie Rival George Carpenter H. Ballantine Monarch Rev. W. Wilks

Origin & History

Status: commercial
Origin type: open pollinated seedling
Original breeder: Mrs. Peasgood

tenderpleasant flavourcooks frothilymost beautiful fruitsfirst rate for cooking

References

UK National Fruit Collection: 4552
Wikidata: Q1535993