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Symond's Winter

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Recorded 1928. Origin: Received from New Zealand.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid October
Flowering
4th May (10%) · 9th May (full) · 16th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
subacid
Ribbing
slightly ribbed at eye, ribbed on body
Fruit size
medium
Fruit shape
variable, flat to intermediate, convex
Fruit width
57-66 mm
Over colour
blotched and striped orange-red
Russet type
rough russet dots
Flesh colour
yellowish white
Fruit height
49-58 mm
Skin texture
smooth
Flesh texture
soft, coarse
Ground colour
yellow-green
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Crown
weak
Shape
Truncate conical
Crunch
crumbly
Russet
very low
Ribbing
weak-medium
Firmness
soft
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
medium
Over colour pattern
striped/solid flush

Source · National Fruit Collection

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