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Merton Worcester

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised by M.B.Crane at the John Innes Institute, Merton, England in 1914. Named in 1947. It received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1950. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a sweet and pleasant flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early September
Flowering
4th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 17th 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
Russet
very low
Ribbing
absent
Firmness
firm
Coarseness
fine
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Green yellow
Over colour amount
high-very high

Source · National Fruit Collection

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