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Beverly Hills

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised in 1939 by Dr W.H. Chandler, University of California, USA. Introduced in 1945. Fruits have soft, tender white flesh with a sweet subacid, scented flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early September
Flowering
11th May (10%) · 15th May (full) · 20th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
sweet, slightly subacid
Ribbing
ribbed at eye and slightly on body
Fruit size
medium to large
Fruit shape
flat to intermediate, rectangular, convex
Fruit width
64-75 mm
Over colour
flushed orange red, streaked dark red
Russet type
russet dots
Flesh colour
white
Fruit height
50-61 mm
Skin texture
smooth, thin, tender, a little sticky
Flesh texture
scented, soft, tender, fine
Ground colour
pale greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
medium-large
Type
Dessert
Crown
weak
Shape
Flat
Russet
absent
Ribbing
weak-medium
Greasiness
Medium
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
low-medium
Over colour pattern
striped/mottled

Source · National Fruit Collection

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