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John Huggett

Culinary / Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised in 1940 by John Huggett, Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire. Fruits have fairly firm flesh with a sweet and aromatic flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late August
Flowering
2nd May (10%) · 8th May (full) · 16th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
medium-large
Type
Culinary / Dessert
Shape
Broad globose conical
Width
82.50 mm
Height
67.00 mm
Russet
very low
Ribbing
very weak
Firmness
medium-firm
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Green yellow
Over colour pattern
streaked

Source · National Fruit Collection

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