Washington Strawberry
syn. Fraise de Washington, Juniata, Washington, Washington County Seedling, Washington of Maine
Culinary / Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised on the farm of Job Whipple at Union Springs, Washington County, New York, USA. First exhibited in 1849. Fruits have rather soft, coarse-textured, juicy flesh with a little sweet and very little flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid September
- Flowering
- 2nd May (10%) · 7th May (full) · 15th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary / Dessert
- Shape
- Truncate conical
- Width
- 73.00 mm
- Height
- 67.00 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- weak
- Firmness
- soft
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Greasiness
- Weak
- Over colour
- Brown
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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