Fruit
A division of the Camden Park catalogues that is not clearly defined. All plants producing edible fruits are included but most are trees. Fruit will be progressively added to the Hortus.
Malus domestica ‘Desert Apple’
Probably a variety raised at Camden Park. No mention is made of this apple in William Macarthur’s records.
Malus domestica ‘Devonshire Quarrenden’
‘A much esteemed Devonshire apple; of medium size; skin of a uniform deep rich crimson, with numerous green dots intermixed; flesh of a brisk, pleasant, and peculiar flavour. A very desirable dessert apple: from August to November; tree very productive.’ [FCM p.40/1845].
Malus domestica ‘Devonshire Redstreak’
Fruit; medium size, roundish. Skin; deep, clear yellow, streaked with red on the shaded side, deeper red next the sun. Flesh; yellow, firm, crisp, and rather dry. [HP pl.XI/1878].
Malus domestica ‘Dr. Harvey’
Fruit; large, ovate, angular. Skin; greenish yellow with green and white specks and russet about the apex. Flesh; white, firm, crisp, juicy, pleasantly acid and perfumed. [HP pl.XXIII/1878].
Malus domestica ‘Dumelow’s Seedling’
Fruit; large, roundish, flattened. Skin; pale yellow, strewn with russet, pale red next the sun. Flesh; yellowish white, firm, crisp, brisk and very juicy, slightly aromatic flavour. [HP].
Malus domestica ‘Dutch Mignonne’
‘Fruit above the middle size, very regularly formed, rather narrower at the crown than at the base. Eye generally close, deeply sunk. Stalk an inch long, slender, deeply inserted. Skin dull yellow, sprinkled with numerous, small, russetty, green, and white spots; on the sunny side of a rich, deep, dull red, streaked and mottled. Flesh very firm, crisp. Juice plentiful, with a delicious aromatic, sub-acid flavour. A dessert apple from November till May or June.’ [George Lindley – Orchard guide p.44/1831].
Malus domestica ‘Early Summer Apple’
This brief description is in William Macarthur’s Notebook no.9 ‘February-March. Great acid, of little value’. [Notebook no.9, MP A2948].
Malus domestica Borkh. var. ‘English Russet’
‘Roxbury Russet, Boston Russet, Pineapple Russet. This variety is cultivated extensively in Massachusetts for the Borston Markets, and for exportation. The fruit is of medium size; of a fine yellow russet colour, mixed with dull red; flesh white, juicy, rich, sub-acid, and excellent; for use in winter, and will keep till June.’ [FCM p.45/1845].
Malus domestica ‘Femme de Neige’
‘A Canadian apple of great beauty; in size medium; skin light green, stained with bright red; flesh white, very tender’ juice saccharine, with a musky perfume: ripe in October, and will keep good until Christmas. Tree hardy and productive.’ [FCM p.41/1845].
Malus domestica ‘French Crab’
‘Fruit middle-sized, somewhat globular, about two inches and a quarter deep, and two inches and a half in diameter, perfectly free from angles on its sides. Eye small, almost closed, flat, surrounded by a few very small, angular, crumpled plaits. Stalk half an inch long, slender, deeply inserted, not protruding beyond the base. Skin rather thick, deep clear green, with numerous white dots interspersed; on the sunny side, shaded with a pale livid brown; but the whole becomes yellow with keeping. Flesh very hard, pale green, or yellowish white. Juice not plentiful, sub-acid, with a slight aromatic flavour. An excellent culinary apple, from November till the November following.’ [George Lindley – Orchard guide p.45/1831].
Malus domestica ‘Gogar Pippin’
Fruit; Medium size, roundish, angled and slightly flattened. Skin; pale green, thick, strewn with small russet dots, faintly mottled red next the sun. Flesh; greenish white, tender, juicy, sugary, brisk. [HP pl.LIV/1878].
Malus domestica ‘Golden Harvey’
‘A dessert apple, not larger than the Golden Pippin; colour light yellow, with a flush of red, and embroidered with a roughish russet. It is called Brandy Apple from the superior specific strength of its juice, being 10.85; it is of remarkably close texture, very rich in flavour, and will keep till April or May’. [FCM p.43/1845].
Malus domestica ‘Golden Pippin’
‘Fruit, small; roundish, inclining to oblong, regularly and handsomely shaped, without inequalities or angles on the sides. Skin, rich yellow, assuming a deep golden tinge when perfectly ripe, with a deeper tinge where it has been exposed to the sun; the whole surface is strewed with russety dots, which are largest on the sunny side, and intermixed with these are numerous embedded pearly specks. Eye, small and open, with long segments, placed in a shallow, smooth, and even basin. Stalk, from half-an-inch to an inch in length, inserted in a pretty deep cavity. Flesh, yellow, firm, crisp, very juicy and sugary, with a brisk, vinous, and particularly fine flavor.’ [Hogg p.95/1851].
Malus domestica ‘Golden Reinette’
Fruit; medium, roundish, a little flattened. Skin; deep yellow, tinged red next the sun, streaked with red, dotted all over with russety dots. Flesh; yellow, crisp, brisk, juicy, sugary. [HP pl.XLIX/1878].
Malus domestica ‘Golden Russet’
‘Fruit below the middle size, pretty regular in its outline, without angles, generally about two inches deep, and two inches and a quarter in diameter. Eye rather small, close, moderately depressed, surrounded by irregular plaits, part of which are more prominent than the rest. Stalk very short, deeply inserted in an uneven narrow cavity, not protruding so far as the base. Skin thick, of a pale copper-coloured yellowish russet, very thick and rough on the shaded side, with a few patches, occasionally, of bright red on the sunny side, and verrucose at the base. Flesh pale yellow, very firm and crisp. Juice not plentiful, but saccharine, of an aromatic and slightly musky flavour. A dessert apple from December till April.’ [George Lindley – Orchard Guide p.89/1831].
