Arthur Turner
syn. Turner's Prolific
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised by Charles Turner at Slough, Bucks., and introduced by him in 1915. Received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1912 as 'Turner's Prolific'. It was renamed in 1913. A large cooking apple with somewhat tough skin. Well known for its particularly attractive blossom, for which it received an Award of Garden Merit in 1945.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late September
- Flowering
- 2nd May (10%) · 8th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 83.00 mm
- Height
- 72.50 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Coarseness
- fine
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
Source · National Fruit Collection
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