Duchess of Bedford
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised by Laxton Bros. Ltd., at Bedford. First exhibited in 1918. Fruits have rather soft flesh with a subacid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid August
- Flowering
- 4th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Truncate conical
- Width
- 65.50 mm
- Height
- 54.50 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- weak
- Firmness
- soft
- Coarseness
- fine
- Greasiness
- Strong
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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