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Saint Ailred

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised in 1942 at Mount Saint Bernard Abbey, Coalville, Leicestershire. Fruits have rather soft flesh with a sweetish, aromatic flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early September
Flowering
7th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
Broad globose conical
Width
64.00 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
57.00 mm
Firmness
soft
Over colour
Orange
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour pattern
striped

Source · National Fruit Collection

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