Pitmaston Russet Nonpareil
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised at Pitmaston near Worcester, England by John Williams. First fruited in 1814. Fruits have firm flesh with a rich, aromatic flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Non Pareille de Pitmaston, Non-Pareille de Pitmaston, Nonpareil Russet, Nonpareil von Pitmaston, Nonpareille de Pitmaston, Pitmaston, Pitmaston Nonpareil Russet, Pitmaston Russet, Pitmaston Russet Nompareil, Pitrnaston Nonpareil, Russet Coat Nonpareil, Russet Coated Nonpareil, Russet Nonpareil, Russet-Coat Nonpareil, Saint John's Nonpareil, Saint-John's Nonpareil, St. John's Nompareil, St. John's Nonpareil, St. Johns Nonpareil
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Donnington)
- Shape
- Flat 2
- Size
- medium-large 2
- Height
- 60.00mm 2
- Width
- 76.50mm 2
- Ribbing
- very weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- mottled 2
- Russet
- high-very high 2
- Greasiness
- Weak 2
- Flesh Colour
- Greenish 2
Accession No.
2000 - 078
- Accession name
- Pitmaston Russet Nonpareil
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
11th MayFull (80%) flowering 18th May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Mid October 1

- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
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