Gilliflower of Gloucester
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Received 1952. Origin: Received from Saul, Gloucestershire.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early September
- Flowering
- 4th May (10%) · 9th May (full) · 14th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Tree
- upright
- Flavour
- sweet, subacid
- Ribbing
- prominent ribs base to apex
- Fruit size
- medium to large
- Fruit shape
- very uneven and irregular, tall, conic, convex to concave
- Fruit width
- 66-76 mm
- Over colour
- flushed pinkish orange mottled carmine
- Russet type
- russet dots, streaks and patches
- Flesh colour
- white
- Fruit height
- 65-71 mm
- Skin texture
- rather thick and tough
- Flesh texture
- fine, tender
- Ground colour
- pale yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large-very large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Conical
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- soft
- Juiciness
- dry
- Coarseness
- fine
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- low
- Over colour pattern
- washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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