Pomeroy of Somerset
syn. Jenny Oubury, Old Pomeroy, Pome-roy, Pomeroy, Sweet Pomeroy, Taunton, The Old Pomeroy
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originated in the UK. Described in 1851. Fruits have firm, crisp, yellow flesh with a sweet, rich flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 6th May (10%) · 13th May (full) · 23rd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- sweet, rich
- Ribbing
- ribbed
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- tall, conic
- Fruit width
- 69 mm
- Over colour
- flushed orange, striped red
- Russet type
- russet patches and dots
- Flesh colour
- yellow
- Fruit height
- 69 mm
- Flesh texture
- firm, crisp
- Ground colour
- greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Ellipsoid
- Crunch
- crisp
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour pattern
- striped/solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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