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Edith Hopwood

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised in Essex by F.W. Thorrington. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1925. Fruits have fairly firm, coarse, crisp flesh with a slightly subacid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early September
Flowering
8th May (10%) · 13th May (full) · 20th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
Conical
Width
64.00 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
54.00 mm
Russet
very low
Ribbing
weak-medium
Firmness
medium-firm
Coarseness
coarse
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Yellow

Source · National Fruit Collection

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