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Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised in 1923 by Richard Wellington at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York. It was introduced in 1938. Fruits have firm, crisp flesh with a sweet and faintly perfumed flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late August
Flowering
6th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 16th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
Oblong
Width
61.50 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
55.00 mm
Russet
very low
Ribbing
very weak
Firmness
firm
Coarseness
fine
Over colour
Dark Red
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour pattern
striped

Source · National Fruit Collection

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