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Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Originated from Somerset, England. Exhibited in 1934. Fruits have very acid, astringent flesh.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid October
Flowering
6th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Tree
partial tip bearer
Flavour
very acid, astringent
Ribbing
ribbed on body
Fruit size
medium
Fruit shape
flat, truncate-conic, convex
Fruit width
62 mm
Over colour
half covered mottled scarlet flush and stripes
Flesh colour
greenish white
Fruit height
50 mm
Flesh texture
hard
Ground colour
pale yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Culinary
Crown
weak-medium
Shape
Flat
Crunch
crumbly
Russet
very low
Ribbing
weak
Firmness
firm-very firm
Greasiness
Medium
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
Yellowish
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
medium
Over colour pattern
striped/mottled

Source · National Fruit Collection

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