Longstart
syn. Long Start, Longstarths, Westmoreland Long Start, Westmoreland Longstalk, Westmoreland Longstart, Westmoreland Longstreet
Culinary / Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originated in Westmorland, England. It was described in 1851. Fruits have tender, white flesh which browns quickly when cut. Flavour is subacid.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late August
- Flowering
- 7th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid
- Ribbing
- broad ribs at eye and usually on body
- Fruit size
- medium to large
- Fruit shape
- intermediate to tall, occasionally flat, truncate-conic to rectangular, convex
- Fruit width
- 69-82 mm
- Over colour
- flushed orange-red, carmine streaks
- Russet type
- brown scaly russet extending from cavity, dots & markings on body
- Flesh colour
- white, browns quickly
- Fruit height
- 56-71 mm
- Skin texture
- sticky, thin
- Flesh texture
- tender
- Ground colour
- yellowish green
NFC characterisation
- Size
- small
- Type
- Culinary / Dessert
- Crown
- weak
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Width
- 50.61 mm
- Height
- 43.91 mm
- Russet
- medium-high
- Ribbing
- medium
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Green
- Over colour pattern
- striped/solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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