American Beauty
syn. Beauty of America, Belle Americaine, Krasavitsa amerikanka, Sterling, Sterling Beauty
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originated in Sterling, Massachusetts, USA. Recorded in 1854. Fruits have softish flesh with a slightly aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 12th May (10%) · 17th May (full) · 24th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Conical
- Russet
- very low
- Firmness
- soft
- Coarseness
- fine
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour amount
- high-very high
Source · National Fruit Collection
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