Eady's Magnum
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in about 1908 by Miss D.A. Eady at Wellingborough, Northants. Fruits have very firm, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a rather acid flavour. An excellent cooker.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Size
large b
Type
Culinary b
Shape
Truncate conical b
Height
70.00 mm b
Width
79.50 mm b
Ribbing
medium b
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow b
Over Colour
Red b
Russet
very low b
Firmness
firm b
Coarseness
coarse b
Flesh Colour
Yellowish b
Accession name
Eady's Magnum
Flowering time
10th May 10% flowering
15th May Full (80%) flowering
22nd 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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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