Lorna Doone
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Received by Long Ashton 1930s (early part of decade). From Received by Long Ashton from Mr E.H. Wells of Wellington (presumably Somerset), England.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late August
- Flowering
- 6th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- slightly subacid
- Ribbing
- ribbed at eye, sometimes prominently on body
- Fruit size
- large
- Fruit shape
- flat, truncate-conic to rectangular, convex
- Fruit width
- 77 mm
- Over colour
- pale brownish red to bright red flush and streaks
- Russet type
- russet dots and patches
- Flesh colour
- white
- Fruit height
- 59 mm
- Flesh texture
- soft, mealy
- Ground colour
- pale yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large-very large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 86.57 mm
- Height
- 70.73 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- soft
- Juiciness
- dry
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Pink
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- very low
- Over colour pattern
- washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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