Jewett's Fine Red
syn. Belle Rouge de Jewett, Jewell's Fine Red, Jewett, Jewett Red, Jewett's Red, Jewitt's Fine Red, Nodhead
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Said to have originated in Hollis, New Hampshire, USA. First recorded in 1842. Fruits have fine, tender flesh with a subacid and aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late September
- Flowering
- 5th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 16th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid, aromatic
- Ribbing
- very slightly ribbed
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- intermediate, truncate-conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 61 mm
- Over colour
- nearly covered with deep red flush and stripes
- Russet type
- dotted
- Flesh colour
- yellowish
- Fruit height
- 53 mm
- Skin texture
- bluish white scarf skin at base
- Flesh texture
- moderately fine, tender
- Ground colour
- yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak
- Shape
- Flat globose
- Width
- 71.68 mm
- Height
- 61.59 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- medium-strong
- Coarseness
- fine
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped/mottled
Source · National Fruit Collection
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