Francis (Thorrington)
syn. Francis
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 firm, fine, crisp flesh with a very sweet and aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 6th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 22nd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Truncate conical
- Width
- 55.50 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 48.50 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- very weak
- Firmness
- firm
- Coarseness
- fine
- Over colour
- Dark Red
- Flesh colour
- Greenish
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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