_Synonym_: Waltz Apple.
A first-rate fruit in all respects, belonging to the Newtown Pippin
class. It has long been cultivated in Rhode Island (where, we think, it
originated) and in the northern part of Connecticut, and deserves
extensive dissemination. It considerably resembles the Yellow Newtown
Pippin, with more tender flesh, and is scarcely inferior to it in
flavor. The tree is a moderate, upright, spreading grower, but bears
regularly and well, and the fruit commands a high price in the market.
The apples on the lower branches of old trees are flat, while those on
the upper branches are nearly conical. Young shoots reddish brown,
slightly downy. Fruit above medium size, roundish, a little ribbed, and
slightly flattened, with an indistinct furrow on one side. Skin smooth,
and, when first gathered, green, with a little dark red; but when ripe a
beautiful clear yellow, with bright blush on the sunny side and near the
stalk, marked with scattered gray dots. The stalk is peculiarly fleshy
and flattened, short, and sunk in a wide, rather wavy cavity. Calyx
woolly, sunk in a narrow, abruptly and pretty deeply sunk basin. Flesh
yellowish, fine grained, juicy, crisp and tender, with a delicious, high
aromatic, sprightly subacid. Very good or best. November to March.
Remarks on Peck's Pleasant by members of the State Horticultural
Society:
H. L. Ferris: We have a large number; while generally small, they can be
made larger by cultivation and care. They are the longest keepers I know
of, and carry well in shipping.
William Cutter: I was well acquainted with it in Illinois.
Secretary Barnes: About a year and a half ago, Governor Morrill said to
me, "Why don't you get your people to grow Peck's Pleasant? It is the
best apple grown."
E. J. Holman: I have several trees, planted in 1870. They have been
light bearers. The apple is of high quality, and keeps until January.
The color is not so good as Huntsman. They die early.
H. L. Ferris: I cannot agree to that. I never had one die.