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Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised in 1912 by Richard Wellington at New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, USA. Introduced in 1923. Fruits have firm, fine, crisp flesh with a sweet flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late September
Flowering
4th May (10%) · 9th May (full) · 16th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
Narrow conical
Width
65.00 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
58.00 mm
Russet
very low
Ribbing
strong
Firmness
firm
Coarseness
fine
Greasiness
Medium
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Yellow
Over colour pattern
striped

Source · National Fruit Collection

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