Peck Pleasant

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Origin

Rhode Island, United States

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 8.4 °Bx
Fruit height: 55.0 mm
Fruit width: 70.0 mm

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

Peck Pleasant is an old favorite green apple belonging to the same group as Green Newtown and Rhode Island Greening. It is highly esteemed for dessert use, with tender, pleasantly flavored flesh that ranks very good to best in quality. The fruit colors from green to waxen-yellow with an orange or pinkish blush at maturity, and stores from October to March (or until April in cold storage), but is susceptible to scalding.

Flavor & Texture

subacidaromaticjuicy

Best Uses

fresh_eating

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

Lineage

Offspring

A 68-173

Origin & History

Status: heritage

pleasantly flavored

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 589240
UK National Fruit Collection: 4554
Wikidata: Q41780143