Norfolk Royal
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
A chance seedling found in Wright's Nurseries, North Walsham, Norfolk, England in about 1908. It was introduced in 1928 and named in 1930. Fruits have moderately firm, crisp, very juicy flesh with a sweet and pleasant flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early September
- Flowering
- 9th May (10%) · 14th May (full) · 21st May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Truncate conical
- Width
- 75.00 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 65.00 mm
- Ribbing
- very weak
- Firmness
- firm
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour pattern
- streaked
Source · National Fruit Collection
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