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Annie Elizabeth

syn. Annie Elisabeth, Carter's Seedling, Sloto, Slotoaeble, Slotrable, Slotraeble, Sussex Pippin, The George

Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised by Samuel Greatorex at Knighton, Leicester in about 1857 and named after his baby daughter who died in 1866. Introduced in about 1898. Received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1868. A fine, late-keeping cooking apple.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early October
Flowering
9th May (10%) · 16th May (full) · 23rd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
large
Type
Culinary
Shape
Broad globose conical
Width
95.00 mm
Height
80.00 mm
Ribbing
medium
Firmness
firm
Greasiness
Medium
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Yellow
Over colour pattern
striped

Source · National Fruit Collection

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