Murfitt's Seedling
syn. Marfit's Seedling, Marfitt's Seedling, Murfitt's Apple
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originated in Cambridgeshire, England. Introduced in about 1883. Fruits have fine, crisp, white flesh with a subacid and slightly sweet 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
- large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Flat
- Width
- 76.00 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 63.00 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- very weak
- Coarseness
- fine
- Greasiness
- Strong
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- low
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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