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Cheddar Cross

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised in 1916 by G.T.Spinks at Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol. Introduced in 1949. Fruits have firm, fine-textured flesh which is somewhat acid with little flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late August
Flowering
2nd May (10%) · 8th May (full) · 13th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
Broad globose conical
Width
60.00 mm
Height
50.00 mm
Ribbing
weak-medium
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Green

Source · National Fruit Collection

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