Apple Variety Peasgood's Nonsuch

We think this is the largest apple in cultivation. A cooker, it was raised by a Mrs Peasgood of Stamford in Lincolnshire, England, in 1858. Flavour said to be extremely good, slightly acid and quite sweet, good for baking. The seed is thought to have come from a very old apple variety called Catshead Codlin, which is probably now extinct.

A heavy cropper, the fruits are massive. This is THE apple to grow if you want to impress people at exhibitions. We have just 2 trees in our collection, mainly for fun and of course to play our little part in keeping this picturesque and quaintly named old variety alive.

PS tribute to Raymond Bush, his books taught me most of what I know about apples, especially grafting, that I didn'l learn from experience, and I couldn't have made sense of the experience without the insights I gained from his informative, witty, wry, helpful and always readable writing. None of his books on fruit growing are in print, buy any you find, bearing in mind they are dated and very English.

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[melgogirl]

Is it anything to do with the actress julie peasgood?!? I know she does gardening stuff and works with alan titmarsh! and she comes from Lincs too.

[stephenhayesuk]

The apple was named by a Mrs Peasgood, its possible that Julie Peasgood may be a descendant.

[stephenhayesuk]

PS we have used some of these fruits since the video, and it certainly has a good flavour. Julia likes it very much as a cooker and it was quite tasty raw also. It cooks down to a froth and is richly flavoured, no need to add any sugar or spice when cooking this apple.

[elzarsspiceweasel]

That photo of the boy reminds me of the adage to never eat anything as big as your own head.

I wanted to tell you just how interesting and helpful your videos are! Because of this video, I've now got four Peasgoods in my nursury row, two on antonovka, two on MM111 (I almost grafted a scion onto Bud 9, but as comical as that might have been, I thought it too cruel to subject a five-foot-tall tree to an annual crop of bowling balls).

Cheers from Michigan, USA!

[DamonBKnox]

very cool.

[MadBadVoodo]

Five Stars!!