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Culinary / Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised in about 1889 by Mr Thomas, Rainham, Kent. It received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1901. Fruits have fine, firm, crisp flesh with a subacid and slightly aromatic flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid October
Flowering
5th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 17th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
large
Type
Culinary / Dessert
Shape
Conical
Width
73.00 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
73.00 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
absent
Firmness
firm
Coarseness
fine
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Whitish yellow

Source · National Fruit Collection

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