Lemon Queen
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Received 1950. Origin: Received from Scotland.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid September
- Flowering
- 9th May (10%) · 14th May (full) · 21st May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid
- Ribbing
- slightly ribbed at eye and on body
- Fruit size
- large
- Fruit shape
- flat, conic to rectangular, convex
- Fruit width
- 80-84 mm
- Over colour
- sometimes a slight brownish or orange flush, scaly russet on base
- Russet type
- many russet dots and occassional traces
- Flesh colour
- creamy white
- Fruit height
- 57-66 mm
- Skin texture
- slightly greasy
- Flesh texture
- firm, fine
- Ground colour
- greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large-very large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 83.72 mm
- Height
- 67.06 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Juiciness
- dry-medium
- Coarseness
- fine
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- absent
- Over colour pattern
- washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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