Maclean's Favourite
syn. M'Lean's Favourite, Maclean's Favorite, McLean's Favourite
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in about 1820 by Dr Allan Maclean of Sudbury, England. Fruits have yellowish flesh with a sweet and rich flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 9th May (10%) · 16th May (full) · 24th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- sweet, rich
- Ribbing
- ribbed on body
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- intermediate, conic
- Over colour
- tinged brownish red
- Russet type
- russet patches
- Flesh colour
- yellowish
- Ground colour
- yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Width
- 62.02 mm
- Height
- 48.75 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
Source · National Fruit Collection
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