Golden Harvey
syn. Bradley's Golden Pippin, Brandy, Brandy Apple, Guernsey Pippin, Harvey Dore, Harvey's Gold Apfel, Harvey's Goldapfel, Herefordshire Golden Harvey, Round Russet Harley, Round Russet Harvey, The Harvey Apple
Dessert / Cider · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Thought to have originated in the 1600s in Herefordshire. Fruits have firm, crisp, yellow flesh with a sweet, rich, aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 6th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- sweet, rich, aromatic
- Ribbing
- not ribbed
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- intermediate, rectangular, convex
- Fruit width
- 51 mm
- Over colour
- flushed red
- Russet type
- nearly covered with rough russet
- Flesh colour
- yellow
- Fruit height
- 45 mm
- Flesh texture
- firm, crisp
- Ground colour
- yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- small
- Type
- Dessert / Cider
- Crown
- absent
- Shape
- Flat globose
- Width
- 48.98 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 42.17 mm
- Russet
- very high
- Ribbing
- weak
- Firmness
- firm
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- absent
- Over colour pattern
- washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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