Lady of the Wemyss
syn. Lady of the Wemys, Lady Wemyss
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originated from Scotland. It was recorded in 1831. Fruits have hard, fine flesh with an acid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 4th May (10%) · 9th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- acid
- Ribbing
- ribbed at eye and on body, sometimes to base
- Fruit size
- large
- Fruit shape
- intermediate sometimes flat, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex to sometimes straight
- Fruit width
- 83-97 mm
- Over colour
- flushed dull orange red to reddish mauve
- Russet type
- russet dots and flecks, russet on base
- Flesh colour
- greenish yellow
- Fruit height
- 65-89 mm
- Flesh texture
- hard, fine
- Ground colour
- pale green or yellowish green
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large-very large
- Type
- Culinary
- Crown
- weak-medium
- Shape
- Globose
- Width
- 83.36 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 69.71 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Pink
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- very low
- Over colour pattern
- washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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