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Culinary / Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Originated in Somerset, England. Grafts from a very old tree were received by the National Fruit Trials in 1950. Fruits have soft, coarse, creamy white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid September
Flowering
6th May (10%) · 11th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
subacid
Ribbing
ribbed base to apex
Fruit size
large
Fruit shape
intermediate, truncate-conic, convex
Over colour
flushed gold
Russet type
russet dots, russet on base
Flesh colour
creamy white
Skin texture
smooth
Flesh texture
soft, coarse
Ground colour
yellowish green
NFC characterisation
Size
large-very large
Type
Culinary / Dessert
Crown
weak-medium
Shape
Globose
Width
87.50 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
74.78 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
weak-medium
Firmness
soft
Coarseness
coarse
Greasiness
Strong
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Green yellow
Over colour amount
very low
Over colour pattern
striped/mottled

Source · National Fruit Collection

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