Gladstone
syn. Gladston, Jackson's Seedling, Lord Gladstone, Mister Gladstone, Monsieur Gladstone, Mr. Gladstone, Scarlet Pippin, Striped Quarrenden, W. E. Gladstone
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Thought to have originated in about 1780. It was re-discovered by Jackson, at Blakedown Nursery, Kidderminster, Worcestershire and introduced in 1868 as Jackson's Seedling. It was renamed Mr Gladstone after receiving a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1883. Fruits are crisp and juicy becoming rather soft, with a pleasant, aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early August
- Flowering
- 7th May (10%) · 13th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Conical
- Width
- 57.00 mm
- Height
- 51.00 mm
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- soft
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Greenish
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- high-very high
Source · National Fruit Collection
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