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Cider · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
A French cider variety introduced into the UK in the 1920s by Dr H.E. Durham for H.P. Bulmer & Co. A very precocious, biennial cropper susceptible to scab. Fruits are small to medium and soft. Harvested late September to early October. Produces a bittersweet, fruity and full-bodied cider of excellent quality.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late September
- Flowering
- 4th May (10%) · 6th May (full) · 15th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- small
- Type
- Cider
- Crown
- absent
- Shape
- Oblong conical
- Width
- 47.38 mm
- Height
- 48.16 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour amount
- very low
- Over colour pattern
- washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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