Sowman's Seedling
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in 1914 at the County Horticulture Station, Hutton, Lancashire by Sowman. Introduced and named in 1927 by the Lancashire Agricultural Committee. Acquired by Rivers Nurseries of Sawbridgeworth, Herts. Fruits have fairly firm, fine, yellowish white tinged green flesh with an acid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid August
- Flowering
- 6th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Flat
- Width
- 67.00 mm
- Height
- 54.00 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- medium-firm
- Coarseness
- fine
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
Source · National Fruit Collection
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