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Stevenson Wealthy

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

A bud mutation of Wealthy producing larger fruit. Discovered in 1934 in Cayuga, New York, USA by J.R. Stevenson. Fruits have rather soft, coarse-textured, juicy flesh with a sweet and faint vinous flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid September
Flowering
8th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
Broad globose conical
Ribbing
weak
Firmness
soft
Coarseness
coarse
Greasiness
Medium
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour pattern
striped/solid flush

Source · National Fruit Collection

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