Oslin
syn. Arbroath Oslin, Arbroath Pippin, Arbroth Pippin, Bur- Knot, Burr Knot, Burrknot, Golden Apple, Mother, Mother Apple, Orgeline, Orgiline, Orglon, Original Apple, Original Pippin, Orjeline, Oslin Apple, Oslin Pippin, Scotch Oslin, Summer Oslin, The Oslin Apple, White Oslin
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 2 accessions
Thought to have originated either in France or Scotland. It was known in 1815 but believed to be much older. Fruits have firm, crisp, yellowish flesh with a sweet, rich, aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession 1970-073 · Oslin
- Flowering
- 26th April (10%) · 4th May (full) · 13th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- sweet, rich, aromatic
- Ribbing
- not ribbed
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- flat to intermediate, rectangular, convex
- Fruit width
- 63 mm
- Russet type
- many dots
- Flesh colour
- yellowish
- Fruit height
- 51 mm
- Flesh texture
- firm, crisp
- Ground colour
- pale yellow
Accession 1977-189 · Oslin
No descriptor data recorded for this accession.
Source · National Fruit Collection
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