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Oxford Conquest

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised in 1927 at Eynsham, Oxford by F.W. Wastie. Fruits have rather tough flesh with an acid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid October
Flowering
4th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 17th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
medium-large
Type
Dessert
Shape
Broad globose conical
Width
72.50 mm
Height
60.00 mm
Russet
very low
Ribbing
medium
Over colour
Brown
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Green yellow

Source · National Fruit Collection

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