Marriage-Maker
syn. Marriage Maker
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originated in England. It was described in 1883 but thought to be older. Fruits have firm, fine, creamy white flesh with a sweet flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late September
- Flowering
- 10th May (10%) · 15th May (full) · 22nd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- sweet
- Ribbing
- ribbed at eye, slightly on body
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- intermediate, conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 62-66 mm
- Over colour
- flushed orange-red, streaked deeper red
- Russet type
- russet dots and patches
- Flesh colour
- creamy white, sometimes tinged red around eye
- Fruit height
- 57-63 mm
- Skin texture
- smooth or slightly rough, greasy
- Flesh texture
- firm, fine
- Ground colour
- greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium-strong
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Width
- 65.57 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 61.33 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Coarseness
- fine
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium-high
- Over colour pattern
- striped/solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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