May Queen
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised by Haywood of Worcester, England. First recorded in 1888. Introduced by Penwill's. It received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1892. Fruits have firm, compact, yellow flesh with an unusual, sometimes astringent flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 6th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 21st May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Flat
- Width
- 62.00 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 51.00 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- weak
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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