Hunt's Duke of Gloucester
syn. Duc de Glo'ster, Hunt's Duke of Glo'ster
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised by Dr Fry at Gloucester. It was introduced in 1820 by Thomas Hunt of Stratford-on-Avon. Fruits have firm, crisp flesh with a slightly subacid and nutty flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid September
- Flowering
- 30th April (10%) · 7th May (full) · 12th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- small
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 47.50 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 40.00 mm
- Russet
- very high
- Ribbing
- weak
- Firmness
- firm
- Coarseness
- fine-medium
- Over colour
- Brown
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Green
Source · National Fruit Collection
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