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Proctor's Seedling

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Originated in Lancashire, England. Known in 1934. Fruits have firm, white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early October
Flowering
4th May (10%) · 7th May (full) · 16th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
subacid
Ribbing
slightly ribbed at eye and on body
Fruit shape
intermediate, rectangular, convex
Over colour
almost entirely covered with dark red flush and streaks
Russet type
russet at base
Flesh colour
white
Flesh texture
firm
Ground colour
dull green
NFC characterisation
Size
small-medium
Type
Dessert
Crown
weak
Shape
Flat globose
Width
58.71 mm
Height
44.66 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
weak-medium
Firmness
firm
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
low-medium
Over colour pattern
striped

Source · National Fruit Collection

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