Hunt's Early
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originated in the UK. It was described in 1884. Fruits have firm, coarse, crisp flesh with a subacid and aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid August
- Flowering
- 2nd May (10%) · 7th May (full) · 15th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Flat
- Width
- 60.00 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 47.50 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- firm-very firm
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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