Benoni
syn. Fail me never, Fail-me-Never
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in about 1830 on the farm of Mr Mason Richards, Dedham, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Introduced to England by Rivers of Sawbridgeworth. Fruits have tender, juicy flesh with a sweet and pleasant, moderately aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early September
- Flowering
- 4th May (10%) · 9th May (full) · 16th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Tree
- upright
- Flavour
- sweet-subacid, aromatic
- Ribbing
- slightly ribbed at eye
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- variable, tall to intermediate, rectangular to truncate-conic, straight to convex
- Fruit width
- 55-62 mm
- Over colour
- flushed light red, striped crimson
- Russet type
- russet at base
- Flesh colour
- yellow
- Fruit height
- 45-61 mm
- Skin texture
- smooth, thin, greasy, tender
- Flesh texture
- tender, fine
- Ground colour
- pale yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- small
- Type
- Dessert
- Coarseness
- fine
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour pattern
- striped/solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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