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Vicar of Beighton

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Said to have been raised at Beighton, near Norwich, England. Recorded in 1894. Fruits have soft, fine, pale greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early October
Flowering
9th May (10%) · 14th May (full) · 22nd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
medium-large
Type
Dessert
Shape
Flat globose
Width
68.50 mm
Height
53.50 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
absent
Firmness
soft
Coarseness
fine
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Greenish
Ground colour
Green yellow
Over colour pattern
streaked

Source · National Fruit Collection

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