Winston
syn. Cox d'Hiver, Winter King, Wintercheer
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in 1920 by William Pope at Welford Park, Berkshire, England. Introduced (as Winter King) in 1935. Renamed Winston in 1944. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a sweet and good aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 8th May (10%) · 14th May (full) · 22nd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- sweet, slightly subacid
- Ribbing
- indistinct ribs at eye and on body
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- tall, conic to truncate-conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 51-61 mm
- Over colour
- extensive orange-red flush, darker red streaks
- Russet type
- greyish russet dots
- Flesh colour
- greenish white
- Fruit height
- 48-56 mm
- Skin texture
- tough
- Flesh texture
- firm, crisp, tender
- Ground colour
- greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Crunch
- crisp
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- weak
- Firmness
- firm
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Greenish
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- high
- Over colour pattern
- streaked
Source · National Fruit Collection
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