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Lady's Delight

Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Originated in England. It was first described in 1851. Fruits have crisp flesh with a sweet, subacid, aromatic flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid September
Flowering
8th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 20th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Tree
drooping
Flavour
sweet, subacid, aromatic
Ribbing
ribbed on body and at eye
Fruit size
large
Fruit shape
flat, rectangular, convex
Fruit width
76 mm
Over colour
flushed red, streaked red at base
Flesh colour
white
Fruit height
57 mm
Flesh texture
tender, crisp
Ground colour
greenish yellow speckled dark green
NFC characterisation
Size
large-very large
Type
Culinary
Crown
medium-strong
Shape
Broad globose conical
Width
95.93 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
71.96 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
strong-very strong
Firmness
soft
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Whitish green
Over colour amount
medium-high
Over colour pattern
striped

Source · National Fruit Collection

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