Herefordshire Beefing
syn. Hereford Beaufin, Hereford Beefing, Herefordshire, Herefordshire Beaufin
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in Herefordshire, England. It was known in the late 1700s. Fruits have firm, fine-textured flesh with a moderately acid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 11th May (10%) · 17th May (full) · 25th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Flat
- Width
- 62.50 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 47.00 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- weak
- Firmness
- firm
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Greenish
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- high-very high
Source · National Fruit Collection
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