Paroquet
syn. Paraquet, Parroquet
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised by Charles Ross at Welford Park, Newbury, Berkshire. First recorded in 1897. Received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1899. Fruits have tender, yellowish flesh with a subacid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late September
- Flowering
- 8th May (10%) · 13th May (full) · 20th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Truncate conical
- Ribbing
- weak
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour amount
- high-very high
Source · National Fruit Collection
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