Coronation
syn. Edward's Coronation
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised at Buxted Park, Sussex by H.C. Princep and introduced by Pyne, Topsham, Devon. First recorded in 1902. It received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1902 as Edward's Coronation. Fruits have soft, coarse flesh with a sweet, aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid September
- Flowering
- 9th May (10%) · 13th May (full) · 20th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 71.50 mm
- Height
- 59.00 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- absent
- Firmness
- soft
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour pattern
- streaked
Source · National Fruit Collection
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