Duchess's Favourite
syn. Duchess Favourite, Duchess of Gloester, Duchess of Glosester, Duchess of Gloster, Duchess of Gloucester, Duchess of York, Duchess of York Favourite, Duchess of York's Favorite, Duchess of York's Favourite, Duchess' Favorite, Duchess' Favourite, Dutches's Favorite, Fordham Wonder, Scarlet Incomparable, Town Apple
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in about 1800 by Mr Cree, a nurseryman of Addlestone, Surrey. Fruits have crisp, yellow flesh with a brisk and pleasant flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early September
- Flowering
- 5th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 16th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Oblong
- Width
- 64.00 mm
- Height
- 54.00 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- weak
- Firmness
- firm-very firm
- Greasiness
- Weak
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
Source · National Fruit Collection
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