Nonpareil
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to be of French origin. It was introduced into England in the mid 1500s. Fruits have greenish white, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a slightly acid and pleasant aromatic flavour.
Synonyms:
Alter Nonpareil, Bespodobnoe starinnoe, Duc d'Arsel, Duc d'Arsell, English Nompareil, English Nonpareil, Golden Russet Nonpareil, Groene Franche Renet, Groene Reinette, Groene Renet, Gruener Reinette, Grune Reinette, Grune Reinette (Diel), Hunt's Green Nonpareil, Hunt's Nompareil, Hunt's Nonpareil, Loveden's Pippin, Lovedon's Pippin, Neu Englischer Nonpareil, Neue Englische Nonpareil, Neuer Englischer Nonpareil, Neuer Grosser Englischer Nonpareil, Nom-pareil, Nompareil, Nompareil d'Angleterre, Non Pareille, Non Pareille (I'Ancienne), Non Pareille Ancienne, Non-Pareille, Non-Pareille Ancienne, Nonpareil d'Angleterre, Nonpareil Old, Nonpareille, Nonpareille Ancienne, Nonpareille d'Angleterre, Nouvelle Grosse Non Pareille Anglaise, Nouvelle Grosse Non-Pareille Anglaise, Nouvelle Non Pareille Anglaise, Nouvelle Non-Pareille Anglaise, Old Nompareil, Old Nonpareil, Original Nompareil, Original Nonpareil, Poire, Pomme Poir, Pomme Poire, Pomme-Poire, Reinette Franche, Reinette Nompareille, Reinette Non Pareille, Reinette Non- Pareille, Reinette Non-pareil, Reinette Nonpareil, Reinette Nonpareille, Reinette Sans Pareille, Reinette Sans-Pareille, Reinette Verte, Sans Pareille, Sans-Pareille, Unvergleichliche Reinett
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Mother to:
Hunt's Duke of Gloucester
Accession name
Nonpareil
Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October 1
Size
small 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Broad globose conical 1
Height
46.16 mm 1
Width
59.15 mm 1
Ribbing
weak-medium 1
Crown
weak 1
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1
Over Colour
Brown 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled 1
Russet
high-very high 1
Crunch
crisp 1
Flesh Colour
Cream 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register