Thomas Jeffrey
Dessert apple
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by D.W. Thomson, Edinburgh, Scotland. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1923. Received an award from the Royal Caledonian Society some years before 1923. Fruits have tender, greenish white flesh with a subacid and a little bitter flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Fruit Size
medium b
Fruit Shape
flat, rectangular to very slightly conic, convex b
Fruit Height
46 mm b
Fruit Width
59 mm b
Ribbing
indistinct ribs b
Ground Colour
whitish yellow b
Over Colour
almost completely covered scarlet flush and carmine stripes b
Russet Type
russet on base b
Flesh Colour
greenish white b
Skin Texture
slightly greasy b
Flesh Texture
tender b
Flavour
subacid, a little bitter b
Accession name
Thomas Jeffrey
Flowering time
1st May 10% flowering
7th May Full (80%) flowering
13th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late August a
Size
small a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Flat a
Height
46.21 mm a
Width
59.36 mm a
Ribbing
weak a
Crown
absent a
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
high-very high a
Over Colour
Red a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush a
Russet
low a
Greasiness
Medium a
Crunch
crisp a
Flesh Colour
White a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register