Malling Kent
syn. Kent
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 2 accessions
Raised in 1949 by H.M. Tydeman at East Malling Research Station, Maidstone, Kent. Fruits have slightly coarse-textured and fairly juicy flesh with a pleasant aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession 1964-031 · Malling Kent
- Picking time
- mid october
- Flowering
- 7th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
No descriptor data recorded for this accession.
Accession 2000-011 · Malling Kent (NFT1)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- soft
- Over colour
- Orange
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour pattern
- striped/mottled
Source · National Fruit Collection
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