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Saint Everard

syn. St. Everard, St. Everard's Pippin

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised by C. Terry, gardener at Papworth Everard near Cambridge. Introduced in 1910 by Veitch. First recorded in 1900. Received Award of Merit in 1900 and a First Class Certificate in 1909 from the Royal Horticultural Society. Fruits have crisp, yellow flesh with a rich, aromatic flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early September
Flowering
4th May (10%) · 9th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
Flat globose
Width
57.00 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
45.00 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
absent
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Yellowish
Ground colour
Green yellow
Over colour amount
high-very high
Over colour pattern
striped

Source · National Fruit Collection

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