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Culinary / Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Recorded 1813. Origin: Received from Cambridgeshire. Received 1930.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late October
Flowering
9th May (10%) · 14th May (full) · 21st May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
acid
Ribbing
slightly ribbed on body
Fruit size
medium
Fruit shape
intermediate, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex
Fruit width
70 mm
Over colour
slight brown flush
Russet type
russet patches, dotted
Flesh colour
white
Fruit height
57-64 mm
Skin texture
very greasy
Flesh texture
firm, tough
Ground colour
greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
large
Type
Culinary / Dessert
Crown
weak
Shape
Globose conical
Width
73.60 mm
Crunch
crumbly
Height
62.46 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
weak
Firmness
firm
Juiciness
dry-medium
Greasiness
Strong
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
absent
Over colour pattern
washed out

Source · National Fruit Collection

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