SC - Period apples info
Mark.S Harris
rsve60 at email.sps.mot.com
Wed Jan 21 05:47:19 PST 1998
Some recent messages here have discussed period apples. This doesnt
mention pippins, but this list is from a message from Cariadoc back
in 1993. It is in the fruits-msg file in my Florilegium.
Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net
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Not only are apples period, some period varieties are still grown. In
particular, Rameau d'ete, aka Summer Rambo, is often available in the
Pennsic area about the time of Pennsic. The following list of period or
near period fruit varieties is from an article in _The Miscellany_ (also
T.I.).
Pre 1650 Fruits
Apples
Calville Blanc D'Hiver (1627)
Court Pendu Plat (16th centurypossibly Roman)
Devonshire Quarendon (1690)
Drap d'Or (=Coe's Golden Drop?)
Lady Apple (1628)
Old Nonpareil
Pomme Royale
Reinette Franche
Roxbury Russett (Early 17th century)
Scarlet Crofton
Sops of Wine
Summer Rambo (16th century)
Winter Pearmain
Fenouilette Gris
Golden Reinette
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