Bulmer's Norman
Cider · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originally an unnamed variety imported from Normandy, France. It was developed by H.P. Bulmer & Co., Ltd., in Hereford, England. Fruits are medium to large. Produces a good yield but tends to be biennial. The flesh is white with a woolly texture and a sweet but astringent flavour. Triploid. Trees are very vigorous and with a spreading habit and branch breakage can occur when the crop is heavy. Susceptible to scab. Fruits produce a bittersweet, fast-fermenting medium cider.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 2nd May (10%) · 4th May (full) · 11th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- small-medium
- Type
- Cider
- Crown
- weak-medium
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Width
- 57.13 mm
- Height
- 44.07 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- strong
- Over colour
- n/a
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- absent
- Over colour pattern
- n/a
Source · National Fruit Collection
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