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Peggy's Pride

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised at Eynsham, Oxford by F.W. Wastie. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1944. Fruits are crisp and juicy.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid September
Flowering
3rd May (10%) · 8th May (full) · 14th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
large
Type
Dessert
Crown
weak
Shape
Oblong
Width
71.86 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
68.26 mm
Russet
very low
Ribbing
weak
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
low
Over colour pattern
washed out

Source · National Fruit Collection

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