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Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised between 1940 and 1945 at Victoria Nurseries, Burbage, Leicester, England by Herbert Robinson. Fruits have firm, creamy white flesh with a sweet, slightly subacid, slightly aromatic flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early September
Flowering
29th April (10%) · 5th May (full) · 12th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
Broad globose conical
Width
64.50 mm
Height
54.50 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
weak
Firmness
firm
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Yellow
Over colour pattern
streaked

Source · National Fruit Collection

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