Tom Putt
syn. Coalbrook, Devonshire Nine Square, Izod's Kernel, January Tom Putt, Jeffrey's Seedling, Jeffreys' Seedling, Marrow Bone, Marrow-Bone, Ploughman, Thomas Jeffreys, Thos. Jeffreys, Tom Potter, Tom Put
Culinary / Cider · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 2 accessions
A culinary and cider apple. Raised by Rev. Tom Putt, Rector of Trent, Somerset in the late 1700s. In use from September to November. Fruits have crisp, juicy, acid flesh. Cooks well. Produces a sharp cider.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession 1921-084 · Tom Putt
- Picking time
- Early September
- Flowering
- 5th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- acid, slightly bitter
- Ribbing
- prominent ribs base to apex, angular
- Fruit size
- medium to large
- Fruit shape
- flat to intermediate, conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 57-80 mm
- Over colour
- flushed dull orange-red, carmine blotches and stripes radiating from base
- Flesh colour
- greenish or yellowish white
- Fruit height
- 39-69 mm
- Skin texture
- smooth, very greasy
- Flesh texture
- firm, compact, tender, a little coarse and mealy
- Ground colour
- pale greenish yellow, sometimes wavy hairline round eye,
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary / Cider
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 78.02 mm
- Height
- 63.04 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- strong
- Firmness
- firm
- Juiciness
- dry-medium
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- high
- Over colour pattern
- striped/solid flush
Accession 1989-116 · Tom Putt
- Picking time
- Late August / Early September
- Flowering
- 29th April (10%) · 2nd May (full) · 11th May (petal fall)
No descriptor data recorded for this accession.
Source · National Fruit Collection
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