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Bushey Grove

Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised in 1897 by Mrs Good, Bushey Grove, Hertfordshire and introduced in about 1926 by G.W. King, Sidcup, Kent. It received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1922. This variety is very prone to apple scab. Fruits have very soft, coarse-textured, juicy flesh which is rather acid. Cooks well.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid September
Flowering
2nd May (10%) · 9th May (full) · 16th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
medium-large
Type
Culinary
Shape
Broad globose conical
Width
74.00 mm
Height
60.00 mm
Ribbing
medium
Firmness
firm
Coarseness
coarse
Greasiness
Medium
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Green yellow
Over colour pattern
striped

Source · National Fruit Collection

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