Prized for baking, good for canning or eating. Yellow skin marbled with greenish-yellow and a brown flush. Sweet, nonacid flesh is crisp and juicy.
USDA identification images for Pumpkin Sweet
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Visitor reviews
- 26 Jan 2023Also known as Pound Sweet.
- 09 Jul 2018 CALIFORNIA, United StatesIf there any Canadians viewing this post, where did you get your trees/ scionwood? The one lady mentions Tillich Nursery, but they don't ship, as far as I can tell and I am a few thousand miles away.
- 25 Oct 2015 MASSACHUSETTS, United StatesAlso known as Pound Sweet. Very large green apple is all sweetness and no tartness. Susceptible to water core. Like biting into a sugary cucumber. Cooks down into the best apple butter you can make. - Carter Wilkie, Boston
- 08 Mar 2012 OR, United StatesIf this is the sme apple that we had on a farm years ago...it is a very large, very good eating and cooking apple
Tree register
United States
- Brian Pruiett in CARLSBORG, WA
- Daniel Sims in Richmond, IN
- Dennis in Great Meadows, NJ
- Roger Miller in Madison Heights, VA
- Ronald Wolfe in Monticello, ILLINOIS
- Samuel Massey in Woodstock, CONNECTICUT
- Susan Leslie in Ballston Spa, NY
- Thomas Griffith in Cottage Grove, WI
United Kingdom
- Nick Burrows in Helmsley, NORTH YORKSHIRE
Canada
- Dana in West Montrose, ONTARIO/ WATERLOO COUNTY
- Erik Nordenson in Cobourg, ONTARIO
- v k Howald in Lucknow, ONTARIO
Spring blossom records for this variety
2014 season
- 8th May 2014 - tree owned by Dennis in Great Meadows, United States
2011 season
- March 2011 - tree owned by v in Lucknow, Canada
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Harvest records for this variety
Origins
- Species: Malus domestica - Apple
- Originates from: Connecticut, United States
- Introduced: 1834
- UK National Fruit Collection accession: 1943-004
Identification
- Country of origin: United States
- Fruit size: Average
- Fruit size: Large
- Fruit shape: Round
- Fruit size: Very large
Using
- Picking season: Late
- Flavour quality: Average
- Flavour style (apples): Sweeter
- Food uses: Culinary
- Food uses: Drying
Growing
- Fruit bearing: Tip-bearer
Where to buy fresh fruit
The following orchards grow Pumpkin Sweet:
United States
New Hampshire
- Old Ciderpress Farm, Westmoreland
Pennsylvania
- Meadowhawk Farm, Millerstown