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Hoary Morning

syn. Bachelor's Glory, Bedu Pteter Morgen Apfel, Bedufteter Morgenapfel, Blendon Seedling, Brouillard, Dainty, Dainty Apple, Downey, Downy, Downy Apple, General Johnson, Harmat alma, Harmat-alma, Honeymoon, Mela pruinosa, Morganduft Apfel, Morgenduft, Morgenduft Apfel, Morgenduftapfel, Morgendurft Apfel, Morgendust, New Margil, Pruhaty ploskoun, Sam Rawling's, Sam Rawlings, Utrennyaya rosa, Webster's Harvest Festival, Werbster Harvest Festival

Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Thought to have been raised in Somerset, England. It was first recorded in 1819. Fruits have firm, rather coarse-textured, dry flesh which is not particularly acid and with no flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early October
Flowering
7th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
large
Type
Culinary
Shape
Broad globose conical
Width
89.00 mm
Height
67.00 mm
Ribbing
weak-medium
Firmness
soft
Coarseness
coarse
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Yellowish
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour pattern
striped

Source · National Fruit Collection

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