Sheep's Nose (3)
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originated in the UK. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951. Fruits have hard, dry, yellowish white flesh with a subacid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid September
- Flowering
- 7th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid
- Ribbing
- strongly ribbed base to apex, extra ribs at apex
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- tall, rectangular to conic, concave
- Fruit width
- 67 mm
- Over colour
- scarlet dots and stripes
- Flesh colour
- yellowish white
- Fruit height
- 64 mm
- Skin texture
- uneven surface
- Flesh texture
- hard, dry
- Ground colour
- pale greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Culinary
- Crown
- strong
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- strong-very strong
- Firmness
- firm-very firm
- Juiciness
- dry
- Over colour
- Pink
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- low-medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped/mottled
Source · National Fruit Collection
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