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Smart's Prince Arthur

syn. Ladies' Finger, Lady's Finger, Lady's Finger of Kent, Smart's Prince Albert

Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised by Smart, near Sittingbourne, Kent. First described in 1883. Fruits have extremely firm, fine-textured, rather dry flesh with a fairly sweet, little acid and no distinctive flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early October
Flowering
10th May (10%) · 14th May (full) · 21st May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
large
Type
Culinary
Shape
Truncate conical
Width
82.50 mm
Height
95.00 mm
Russet
very low
Ribbing
medium
Firmness
soft
Coarseness
coarse
Greasiness
Medium
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
Yellowish
Ground colour
Green yellow
Over colour pattern
striped

Source · National Fruit Collection

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