Schoolmaster
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Said to have been raised from seed of a Canadian apple in Old Stamford Grammar School garden or in Herefordshire. Introduced in about 1880 by Thomas Laxton. Received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1880. Fruits have tender, coarse, greenish white flesh with an acid flavour.
Synonyms:
MaItre d'Ecole, Schulmeister, Shkolnyi uchitel, The Schoolmaster
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Donnington)
Size
medium-large b
Type
Culinary b
Shape
Flat globose b
Ribbing
medium b
Ground Colour
Green yellow b
Over Colour (Amount)
low b
Over Colour
Orange b
Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked b
Russet
very low b
Greasiness
Medium b
Coarseness
coarse b
Flesh Colour
Greenish b
Accession name
Schoolmaster
Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
23rd May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register