Improved Dove
Cider · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
A seedling thought to have originated in Somerset in the early 1900s. A mild, bittersweet variety.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late October
- Flowering
- 7th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- small
- Type
- Cider
- Crown
- very weak
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Width
- 59.80 mm
- Height
- 56.30 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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