Sunburn
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised at Hornchurch, Essex, by F.W. Thorrington. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1925. Fruits have soft, creamy white flesh with a sweet, subacid, aromatic flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Unknown
Size
medium b
Type
Dessert b
Shape
Conical b
Height
48.00 mm b
Width
60.50 mm b
Ribbing
weak b
Ground Colour
Orange b
Over Colour
Orange b
Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked b
Firmness
soft b
Flesh Colour
Cream b
Accession name
Sunburn (M26)
Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register