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Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in 1888. Introduced in 1918 by Seabrook Nurseries, Chelmsford, Essex. Fruits have rather soft, somewhat coarse-textured, juicy flesh with a subacid flavour. Bruises very easily.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 6th May (10%) · 11th May (full) · 20th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 77.50 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 62.50 mm
- Ribbing
- absent
- Greasiness
- Weak
- Over colour
- Pink
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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