Steyne Seedling
syn. Steyne's Seedling
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in about 1893 at Steyne, Isle of Wight, home of Sir John Thornycroft. Received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1912. Fruits have soft, tender, juicy flesh with a subacid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 4th May (10%) · 9th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Flat
- Width
- 73.00 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 54.00 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- weak
- Firmness
- soft
- Greasiness
- Weak
- Over colour
- Red
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour pattern
- streaked
Source · National Fruit Collection
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