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Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Originated in Herefordshire, England. Fruits have somewhat soft, coarse, white tinged green flesh with a subacid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early September
Flowering
5th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
subacid
Ribbing
strongly ribbed at eye and on body
Fruit size
large
Fruit shape
variable, flat to tall, conic, convex to concave
Fruit width
71-78 mm
Over colour
flushed deep orange red, streaked dark to brownish red
Russet type
some russet at base
Flesh colour
white, tinged green
Fruit height
58-72 mm
Skin texture
slightly greasy
Flesh texture
somewhat soft, coarse
Ground colour
greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
large-very large
Type
Dessert
Crown
medium
Shape
Broad globose conical
Width
93.22 mm
Height
74.68 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
very strong
Firmness
soft
Greasiness
Medium
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Whitish green
Over colour amount
low-medium
Over colour pattern
striped/washed out

Source · National Fruit Collection

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