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Oxford Hoard

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised at Eynsham, Oxford by F.W. Wastie. Exhibited in 1943. Fruits have coarse, firm, tough flesh with a sweet and aromatic flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid October
Flowering
4th May (10%) · 9th May (full) · 16th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
Conical
Width
57.00 mm
Height
51.00 mm
Russet
very low
Ribbing
medium
Firmness
firm
Coarseness
coarse
Greasiness
Medium
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Yellow

Source · National Fruit Collection

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