George Neal
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in 1904 by Mrs Reeves at Otford, Kent and introduced by R. Neal & Sons, Wandsworth, London in 1923. It received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1923. Fruits have rather soft, juicy and acid flesh. It cooks well, breaking up almost completely.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early August
- Flowering
- 2nd May (10%) · 7th May (full) · 15th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Flat
- Width
- 77.50 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 63.50 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Over colour
- Pink
- Flesh colour
- Greenish
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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