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Sandlin Duchess

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised in about 1880 at Sandlin, Malvern, England by H. Gabb. Introduced by William Crump. Received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1914. Fruits have fine, tender, creamy green flesh with a subacid and slightly sweet flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early October
Flowering
5th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
Flat
Width
70.00 mm
Height
53.00 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
weak
Coarseness
fine
Over colour
Brown
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Green yellow
Over colour pattern
striped

Source · National Fruit Collection

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