Fair Maid of Taunton
Cider · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Thought to have originated in Taunton, Somerset. First recorded in 1831. Described by Hogg in 1884 as being a dessert apple, but not of first quality. Fruits have tender, juicy, chewy flesh with a sharp and slightly astringent flavour. The fruits are described as producing an agreeable but rather characterless cider. Trees are large, tall and spreading and rather susceptible to scab.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Flowering
- 24th April (10%) · 27th April (full) · 5th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Cider
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 63.00 mm
- Height
- 52.50 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- medium
- Over colour
- Brown
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
Source · National Fruit Collection
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