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Merton Beauty

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised in 1933 by M. B. Crane at John Innes Institute, Merton, England. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a distinct aniseed flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid September
Flowering
9th May (10%) · 14th May (full) · 21st May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
Broad globose conical
Width
63.00 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
51.00 mm
Firmness
firm
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Yellow
Over colour pattern
striped

Source · National Fruit Collection

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