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John Waterer

Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Introduced in 1920 by Waterer Sons & Crisp, Twyford, Berkshire. Fruits have fairly firm, fine, tender flesh with a subacid and insipid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early September
Flowering
6th May (10%) · 11th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
large
Type
Culinary
Shape
Truncate conical
Width
76.00 mm
Height
51.00 mm
Russet
very low
Ribbing
medium
Firmness
medium-firm
Coarseness
fine
Over colour
Brown
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
low
Over colour pattern
streaked

Source · National Fruit Collection

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