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Reid's Seedling

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised around 1880-1890 by Mr Reid of Drumart Jones, Richill, Co. Armagh, Ireland. Fruits have somewhat coarse, creamy white flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late September
Flowering
10th May (10%) · 16th May (full) · 24th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Tree
tip bearer
Flavour
sweet, subacid
Ribbing
very slightly ribbed at eye and on body
Fruit size
medium to large
Fruit shape
intermediate, truncate-conic, convex
Over colour
flushed orange with carmine stripes
Russet type
russet dots
Flesh colour
creamy white
Flesh texture
somewhat coarse
Ground colour
dull greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Crown
weak
Shape
Globose
Width
66.41 mm
Height
54.51 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
weak-medium
Juiciness
dry
Coarseness
coarse
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
medium
Over colour pattern
striped

Source · National Fruit Collection

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