Bossom
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 2 accessions
Recorded 1831. From Cheshire, England. In existence 1872.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession 1991-001 · Bossom (Johnson)
- Picking time
- Late September
- Flowering
- 27th April (10%) · 30th April (full) · 9th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Conical
- Coarseness
- fine
- Over colour
- Red
- Ground colour
- Yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Width
- 75.78 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 67.03 mm
- Russet
- low-medium
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Coarseness
- fine
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- very low
- Over colour pattern
- solid flush
Accession 1996-028 · Bossom (Loxwood)
No descriptor data recorded for this accession.
Source · National Fruit Collection
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