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Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Originated in England. Described in 1875. Fruits have coarse, soft, greenish-white flesh with an acid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid October
Flowering
5th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 20th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
acid
Ribbing
ribbed on body and at eye
Fruit size
large
Fruit shape
flat, conic to truncate-conic, convex
Fruit width
88 mm
Over colour
mottled and striped bright red
Russet type
russet at base, russet dots
Flesh colour
greenish white
Fruit height
69 mm
Flesh texture
coarse, soft
Ground colour
yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
large
Type
Culinary
Crown
weak
Shape
Globose conical
Width
74.41 mm
Height
62.17 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
weak-medium
Firmness
soft
Coarseness
coarse
Over colour
Pink
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Green
Over colour pattern
striped

Source · National Fruit Collection

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