Cottenham Seedling
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised by Robert Norman at Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, England and introduced by H.J. Gautrey. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1924. Fruits have firm, coarse-textured, juicy flesh which is distinctly acid.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 15th May (10%) · 20th May (full) · 28th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Flat globose
- Width
- 74.50 mm
- Height
- 67.00 mm
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Coarseness
- fine
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
Source · National Fruit Collection
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