Crimson Queening
syn. Crimson Quoining, Herefordshire Queening, Quining, Red Queening, Scarlet Queening, Summer Queening, Summer Quoining
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
First recorded in 1831 but thought to probably be much older. Fruits have soft, dryish flesh which soon becomes mealy. Moderate flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early September
- Flowering
- 10th May (10%) · 15th May (full) · 22nd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid
- Ribbing
- ribbed at eye, prominent ribs on body
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- tall, conic, straight to concave
- Fruit width
- 64 mm
- Over colour
- flushed and striped red
- Flesh colour
- white, tinged green
- Fruit height
- 70 mm
- Flesh texture
- tender
- Ground colour
- greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Width
- 73.33 mm
- Height
- 72.47 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- strong
- Firmness
- soft
- Juiciness
- dry
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium-high
- Over colour pattern
- striped/washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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