Loddington
syn. Killick's Apple, Loddington (Stone's), Loddington Seedling, Mapson's Seedling, Stone, Stone's, Stone's Apple, Stone's Seedling, Stones, Stones's
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Said to have been brought by a niece of Robert Stone from Bath to Loddington, near Maidstone, Kent in about 1820. It was distributed by Robert Stone. Received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1877. Fruits have soft, a little coarse textured, juicy flesh with a subacid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late September
- Flowering
- 6th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 95.00 mm
- Height
- 76.00 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- medium
- Coarseness
- fine
- Over colour
- Red
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour pattern
- streaked
Source · National Fruit Collection
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