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Bosbury Pippin

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Thought to have originated in the West of England. Recorded in 1920. Fruits have firm, pale yellow flesh with a sweet flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early September
Flowering
7th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 20th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
sweet
Fruit size
medium
Fruit shape
flat
Fruit width
64 mm
Over colour
nearly covered with crimson
Flesh colour
pale yellow
Fruit height
45 mm
Flesh texture
firm
Ground colour
yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
large
Type
Dessert
Shape
Flat
Firmness
firm
Coarseness
coarse
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Yellowish
Ground colour
Yellow
Over colour amount
high
Over colour pattern
solid flush

Source · National Fruit Collection

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