Owen Thomas
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in 1897 by Laxton Brothers Ltd., at Bedford, England. Introduced in 1920. Fruits have rather soft, juicy flesh with a sweet and good aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late August
- Flowering
- 4th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 16th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Flat
- Width
- 63.00 mm
- Height
- 51.00 mm
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- soft
- Greasiness
- Weak
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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