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Cleeve

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Known to have been raised before 1930 by Sir Stanley Machin, from seed of an imported Canadian apple at Cleeve, Weybridge, Surrey. Fruits are crisp with a sweet, aromatic flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late August
Flowering
27th April (10%) · 3rd May (full) · 12th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
medium-large
Type
Dessert
Shape
Flat
Crunch
crisp
Ribbing
weak-medium
Firmness
firm
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Whitish yellow

Source · National Fruit Collection

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