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Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Triploid. Raised by C.S. Close at Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A. It was selected in about 1925 and introduced in 1938. Fruits have soft flesh with little juice and a sweet but poor flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early August
Flowering
2nd May (10%) · 6th May (full) · 13th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
large
Type
Dessert
Shape
Conical
Width
75.00 mm
Height
72.50 mm
Ribbing
medium
Firmness
soft
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Green yellow
Over colour pattern
striped

Source · National Fruit Collection

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