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Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised in 1912 by R. Wellington at New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, USA. Introduced in 1938. Fruits have soft, coarse, greenish white flesh with a slightly acid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early October
Flowering
2nd May (10%) · 7th May (full) · 14th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
slightly acid
Ribbing
ribbed at eye and on body
Fruit size
large
Fruit shape
flat, truncate-conic, convex
Fruit width
82-91 mm
Over colour
broad orange and red stripes
Russet type
russet at base
Flesh colour
greenish white
Fruit height
70-80 mm
Skin texture
very greasy
Flesh texture
soft, coarse
Ground colour
yellowish green
NFC characterisation
Size
large-very large
Type
Dessert
Crown
very weak
Shape
Globose conical
Width
94.72 mm
Height
79.98 mm
Russet
very low
Ribbing
weak
Firmness
soft
Coarseness
coarse
Greasiness
Medium
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Greenish
Ground colour
Green yellow
Over colour amount
medium-high
Over colour pattern
striped/solid flush

Source · National Fruit Collection

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