Thomas Rivers
syn. River's Codlin, Rivers' Codlin
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised by Rivers of Sawbridgeworth, England and named Rivers' Codlin. Recorded in 1892 in which year it received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society. Introduced in 1894. Name changed to Thomas Rivers, the raiser of the apple, in 1897. Fruits have firm, crisp, creamy yellow flesh with an acid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early September
- Flowering
- 8th May (10%) · 14th May (full) · 21st May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Conical
- Width
- 64.00 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 64.00 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Greasiness
- Weak
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
Source · National Fruit Collection
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