Saint Cecilia
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised by John Basham & Sons at Bassaleg, Monmouthshire, Wales in 1900. Introduced in 1918. Received an Award of Merit in 1918 and a First Class Certificate in 1919 from the Royal Horticultural Society. Fruits have crisp, juicy flesh with a rich, aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 1st May (10%) · 7th May (full) · 14th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Oblong
- Width
- 73.00 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 60.50 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- very weak
- Firmness
- soft
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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