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Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised in 1923 at New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, USA by R. Wellington. Introduced in 1938. Fruits have soft, fine, white flesh with a highly scented flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late August
Flowering
3rd May (10%) · 8th May (full) · 15th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
subacid, scented
Ribbing
strongly ribbed at eye, unevenly ribbed on body
Fruit size
large
Fruit shape
tall to intermediate, sometimes flat, conic to truncate-conic, sometimes asymmetric
Fruit width
71-80 mm
Over colour
almost covered dark red flush and darker streaks
Russet type
russet dots
Flesh colour
white, often tinged red especially at calyx, highly scented
Fruit height
60-70 mm
Skin texture
heavy bloom
Flesh texture
rather soft, fine
Ground colour
pale greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
large-very large
Type
Dessert
Crown
medium
Shape
Oblong
Width
81.78 mm
Height
77.94 mm
Russet
very low
Ribbing
medium
Firmness
soft
Juiciness
dry
Coarseness
fine
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
medium
Over colour pattern
striped/mottled/solid flush

Source · National Fruit Collection

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