Isaac Newton's Tree
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originated from a tree growing in Isaac Newton's garden at Woolsthorpe Manor, near Grantham, Lincs in 1660. It appears identical to Flower of Kent. Fruits have soft, coarse-textured flesh with a subacid flavour. A very shy cropper.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 14th May (10%) · 21st May (full) · 29th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large-very large
- Type
- Culinary
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Width
- 90.66 mm
- Height
- 81.82 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- strong
- Firmness
- soft
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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