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Hood's Supreme

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised in 1924 by Miss B.Y. Hood at Duriehill, Edzell, Angus, Scotland. Fruits have very coarse, soft flesh with a very sweet flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early September
Flowering
7th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
medium-large
Type
Dessert
Shape
Conical
Width
67.00 mm
Height
60.00 mm
Russet
very low
Ribbing
medium
Firmness
soft
Coarseness
coarse
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour pattern
striped

Source · National Fruit Collection

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