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Edmund Jupp

Culinary / Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Originated near Horsham, Sussex. It was first recorded in 1862. Fruits have tender flesh with a subacid and slightly sweet flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid September
Flowering
7th May (10%) · 13th May (full) · 22nd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
subacid, slightly sweet
Ribbing
slightly ribbed at eye
Fruit size
medium to small
Fruit shape
intermediate to flat, conic, convex
Over colour
sometimes slightly tinged orange
Russet type
russet at base, dotted
Flesh colour
creamy white
Skin texture
smooth, thin, tender
Flesh texture
tender
Ground colour
yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Culinary / Dessert
Crown
very weak
Shape
Globose conical
Width
63.86 mm
Crunch
crumbly
Height
51.48 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
very weak
Juiciness
dry
Coarseness
fine
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
very low
Over colour pattern
washed out

Source · National Fruit Collection

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