Mrs. Phillimore
syn. Miss Phillimore
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised by Charles Ross and introduced by Bunyard of Maidstone. First recorded in 1896. Received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1899. Fruits have crisp, tender flesh, with a sweet, fusty flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 8th May (10%) · 14th May (full) · 21st May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Flat
- Width
- 62.50 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 47.50 mm
- Ribbing
- medium-strong
- Over colour
- Brown
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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