Saint Lawrence
syn. Corse's St. Lawrence, Lavrentii, Montreal, Saint Laurent, Saint-Laurence, Saint-Lawrence, Sanct-Lorenz Apfel, St. Lawrence, York and Lancaster
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originated in Montreal, Canada. It was well known in 1835. Fruits have tender, very white flesh with a subacid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid September
- Flowering
- 8th May (10%) · 13th May (full) · 20th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid
- Ribbing
- ribbed at eye, slightly on body
- Fruit size
- medium to large
- Fruit shape
- flat, truncate-conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 69-79 mm
- Over colour
- up to half flushed pinkish red with carmine dots and stripes
- Russet type
- sometimes russet at base and russet dots
- Flesh colour
- very white
- Fruit height
- 52-61 mm
- Skin texture
- smooth, dry
- Flesh texture
- tender
- Ground colour
- dull yellowish green
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak
- Shape
- Globose
- Width
- 72.47 mm
- Height
- 55.90 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak
- Coarseness
- fine
- Greasiness
- Weak
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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