Merton Knave
syn. Merton Ace
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in 1948 by M.B.Crane at John Innes Institute, Merton, England. It was named Merton Ace in 1968 but changed to Merton Knave in 1970. Fruits have soft, juicy flesh with a sweet and pleasant flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid September
- Flowering
- 8th May (10%) · 13th May (full) · 21st May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- sweet, subacid, rich
- Ribbing
- ribbed at eye and on body
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- intermediate, truncate-conic to rectangular, convex
- Fruit width
- 55-70 mm
- Over colour
- extensive flush of deep bright red and a few streaks
- Russet type
- a little fine russet mainly at base, some russet dots
- Flesh colour
- greenish white, tinged yellow beneath skin
- Fruit height
- 51-62 mm
- Skin texture
- smooth, very greasy, tender
- Flesh texture
- firm, crisp
- Ground colour
- greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- small
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak
- Shape
- Globose
- Width
- 56.74 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 48.50 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- very weak
- Firmness
- soft
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium-high
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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