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Lady Williams

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Originated as a chance seedling in Donnybrook, Western Australia, in about 1935. Parents unknown but thought to be Granny Smith and Jonathan. Fruits have firm, crisp flesh. It rarely reaches maturity in the UK.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid November
Flowering
2nd May (10%) · 7th May (full) · 16th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Crown
weak-medium
Shape
Globose
Width
65.25 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
56.13 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
weak-medium
Juiciness
juicy
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
medium-high
Over colour pattern
striped

Source · National Fruit Collection

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