Endsleigh Beauty
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated with Henry Whiteley, Endsleigh Place, Torquay, Devon. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1906. Fruits have hard, crisp flesh with a subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Size
large b
Type
Culinary / Dessert b
Shape
Oblong b
Height
68.00 mm b
Width
81.50 mm b
Ribbing
medium b
Ground Colour
Green yellow b
Over Colour (Amount)
very low b
Over Colour
Orange b
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped b
Russet
very low b
Firmness
firm-very firm b
Crunch
crisp b
Flesh Colour
Greenish b
Accession name
Endsleigh Beauty
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late September a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register