Richardson (Ireland)
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Grafts were taken in about 1900 and brought to England in 1930 from Bessborough, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland by T.E. Tomalin, from the orchard of Richardson. Fruits have firm, crisp, fine, white flesh with a slightly acid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late September
- Flowering
- 7th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- slightly acid
- Ribbing
- ribbed at eye, sometimes on body
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- flat to intermediate, truncate-conic or rectangular, convex
- Fruit width
- 61-70 mm
- Over colour
- pink flush and streaks
- Russet type
- russet at base, russet dots
- Flesh colour
- white
- Fruit height
- 56-57 mm
- Skin texture
- greasy
- Flesh texture
- firm, crisp, fine
- Ground colour
- pale yellow tinged gold
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak-medium
- Shape
- Flat globose
- Crunch
- crisp
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak
- Firmness
- soft-medium
- Coarseness
- fine
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Pink
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish green
- Over colour amount
- very low
- Over colour pattern
- washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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