Applevariety

Ohio Nonpareil

Also known as Bellflower of the West +10

Bellflower of the West · Cattall Apple · Cattell Apple · Myer's Nonpareil · Myers Nonpareil · Myers' Nonpareil · Non-Pareille de l'Ohio · Nonpareil · Red Bellflower · Rusty Core · Wells

A cooking and dessert apple with white flesh and yellow skin, round in shape; sweet, mildly tart, crisp and firm. Picked in early September.

Origin · Massillon, Ohio, USA

Taste & texture

Sweetness
sweet
Acidity
subacid
Firmness
firm
Bite
crisp
Flavour
sweet, subacid
Used for
Culinary / Dessert apple

How to spot it

Skin
Surface colour flushed pinkish orange streaked carmineSkin texture slightly greasy, thin, tenderBackground colour pale greenish yellow
Flesh
yellowish
Shape
flat to intermediate, rectangular, convex
Size
medium to largeFruit width 67-81 mmFruit height 62-66 mm
Appearance
Surface ridges slightly ribbed at eye and on bodyRusset pattern dotted

Origin & family

Where Ohio Nonpareil began

Recorded origin

Massillon, Ohio, USA

United States

Field notes

Original source notes
Fruit & tree
flavour
sweet, subacid
ribbing
slightly ribbed at eye and on body
synonyms
Bellflower of the West, Cattall Apple, Cattell Apple, Myer's Nonpareil, Myers Nonpareil, Myers' Nonpareil, Non-Pareille de l'Ohio, Nonpareil, Red Bellflower, Rusty Core, Wells
fruit size
medium to large
fruit shape
flat to intermediate, rectangular, convex
fruit width
67-81 mm
over colour
flushed pinkish orange streaked carmine
russet type
dotted
flesh colour
yellowish
fruit height
62-66 mm
skin texture
slightly greasy, thin, tender
flesh texture
firm, fairly fine, crisp
ground colour
pale greenish yellow
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