Coo's River Beauty
syn. Coos River Beauty
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Catalogued 1905. Origin: Probably from North America, Woolverton received his sample from W.H. Dempsey of Trenton, Ontario. Described 1910, exhibited 1934.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 5th May (10%) · 11th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- sweet, fairly aromatic
- Ribbing
- not ribbed
- Fruit size
- large
- Fruit shape
- intermediate truncate-conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 82-88 mm
- Over colour
- mottled red
- Russet type
- dotted
- Flesh colour
- pale cream
- Fruit height
- 62-69 mm
- Skin texture
- some bloom
- Flesh texture
- soft, open texture
- Ground colour
- pale yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak
- Shape
- Flat globose
- Crunch
- crisp
- Russet
- low-medium
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- soft
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped/washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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