Court Royal
Cider · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Origin unknown but once grown in Somerset, East Devon and Herefordshire. In the early 1900s it was used as a dessert variety. Fruits are slightly crisp and sweet. A triploid. Tree growth is vigorous producing a large tree. Produces a sweet fast fermenting juice.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 28th April (10%) · 30th April (full) · 8th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Cider
- Crown
- very weak
- Shape
- Flat
- Width
- 69.70 mm
- Height
- 52.00 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Whitish green
- Over colour amount
- low-medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped/mottled
Source · National Fruit Collection
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