Doctor Hogg
syn. Dr. Hogg
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised by Sidney Ford, gardener at Leonardslee, Horsham, Sussex. Introduced in about 1880 by W. Paul & Son. It received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1878. Fruits have tender flesh with a sweet and subacid flavour. Cooks well.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early September
- Flowering
- 3rd May (10%) · 9th May (full) · 17th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Conical
- Width
- 83.00 mm
- Height
- 74.00 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- medium
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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