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Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised by Charles Ross at Welford Park, Newbury, Berkshire. First recorded in 1906. It was introduced in 1908 by J. Cheal of Crawley, Sussex. Received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1906 and a First Class Certificate in 1908. Fruits have soft, rather coarse-textured, juicy flesh with a subacid flavour. An excellent cooker.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early October
Flowering
8th May (10%) · 14th May (full) · 23rd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
large
Type
Culinary
Shape
Flat
Width
87.00 mm
Height
65.50 mm
Ribbing
absent
Firmness
firm
Coarseness
coarse
Greasiness
Strong
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Yellow
Over colour pattern
streaked

Source · National Fruit Collection

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