Horsford Prolific
syn. Queen Anne
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Thought to have originated in about 1900. It was found in 1913 in a garden at Horsford, Norwich. Fruits have firm flesh with a sweet flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 10th May (10%) · 16th May (full) · 23rd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- sweet
- Ribbing
- ribbed
- Fruit size
- large
- Fruit shape
- flat, rectangular
- Fruit width
- 79 mm
- Over colour
- flushed orange-red
- Russet type
- dotted
- Fruit height
- 64 mm
- Skin texture
- greasy
- Flesh texture
- firm
- Ground colour
- yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large-very large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 84.44 mm
- Crunch
- crisp-very crisp
- Height
- 73.70 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- firm-very firm
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour amount
- low
- Over colour pattern
- striped/mottled
Source · National Fruit Collection
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