Garden Royal
syn. Jardin Royal
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originated on the farm of Mr Bowker, Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA. It was described in 1847. Fruits have fine, tender, yellow flesh with a subacid and aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late August
- Flowering
- 5th May (10%) · 9th May (full) · 16th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid, aromatic
- Ribbing
- slightly ribbed on body
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- intermediate to flat, truncate-conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 53-56 mm
- Over colour
- sometimes entirely covered red with stripes
- Russet type
- dotted
- Flesh colour
- yellow
- Fruit height
- 47-53 mm
- Skin texture
- smooth, thin, tender
- Flesh texture
- fine, tender
- Ground colour
- greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- very weak
- Shape
- Flat globose
- Width
- 68.30 mm
- Height
- 59.98 mm
- Russet
- low-medium
- Ribbing
- weak
- Firmness
- soft
- Juiciness
- dry
- Coarseness
- fine
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped/washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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