Merton Prolific
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 2 accessions
Raised in 1914 by M.B.Crane at the John Innes Horticultural Institute, Merton, England. It was named in 1947. Received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1950. Fruits have firm, crisp, tender, creamy white flesh with a sweet, subaci
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession 1957-260 · Merton Prolific
- Picking time
- mid october
- Flowering
- 5th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 16th May (petal fall)
No descriptor data recorded for this accession.
Accession 1973-139 · Merton Prolific (LA 65A)
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 6th May (10%) · 11th May (full) · 17th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 61.00 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 50.00 mm
- Ribbing
- weak
- Firmness
- firm
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour pattern
- streaked
Source · National Fruit Collection
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