Kirke's Lord Nelson
syn. Kirk's, Kirk's Lord Nelson, Kirke's Nelson, Lord Nelson, Lord Nelson (Kirks)
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
A larger fruited clone of Kentish Fillbasket. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1960 from Australia. Fruits have tender, greenish-white, acid flesh.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 2nd May (10%) · 6th May (full) · 14th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Oblong
- Width
- 83.00 mm
- Height
- 70.00 mm
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour pattern
- streaked
Source · National Fruit Collection
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