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Lewis's Incomparable

syn. Incomparable, Incomparable de Lewis, Lewis Incomparable, Lewis' Incomparable

Culinary / Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Believed to have been raised in England. It was known at the end of the 1700s. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, rather dry, subacid flesh with very little flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid October
Flowering
12th May (10%) · 18th May (full) · 26th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
subacid
Ribbing
ribbed at eye
Fruit size
large
Fruit shape
intermediate, conic, convex
Fruit width
76 mm
Over colour
streaked red
Flesh colour
yellowish
Fruit height
70 mm
Flesh texture
firm, crisp
Ground colour
yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
large-very large
Type
Culinary / Dessert
Crown
medium-strong
Shape
Globose conical
Width
86.96 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
75.68 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
strong
Firmness
firm
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Green yellow
Over colour pattern
striped/mottled

Source · National Fruit Collection

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