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Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised in 1911 by Richard Wellington at New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, USA. It was introduced in 1923. Fruits have firm, tender, fairly coarse flesh with a sweet subacid, aromatic and perfumed flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid October
Flowering
7th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 20th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
medium-large
Type
Dessert
Shape
Flat globose
Width
70.50 mm
Height
63.00 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
strong
Firmness
firm
Coarseness
medium-coarse
Greasiness
Weak
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
Yellowish
Ground colour
Yellow
Over colour pattern
streaked

Source · National Fruit Collection

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