Lord Peckover

Dessert apple

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Received 1926. Origin: Received from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project

Fruit Size
medium to large ^b

Fruit Shape
flat, sometimes intermediate, conic to truncate-conic, convex, sometimes asymmetric ^b

Fruit Height
54-64 mm ^b

Fruit Width
66-75 mm ^b

Ribbing
ribbed on body and at eye, often base to apex ^b

Ground Colour
yellowish green ^b

Over Colour
almost overlaid deep red ^b

Russet Type
russet dots, heavy russet in cavity and on base ^b

Flesh Colour
white ^b

Skin Texture
heavy white bloom ^b

Flesh Texture
firm, fine, crisp ^b

Flavour
subacid ^b

Accession No.
1926 - 040   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1926 from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Fruits have firm, crisp, white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Accession name
Lord Peckover

Flowering time
27th April 10% flowering
1st May Full (80%) flowering
8th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid August ^a

Size
large ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Broad globose conical ^a

Ribbing
weak-medium ^a

Crown
medium ^a

Ground Colour
Green yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
very high ^a

Over Colour
Red ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
solid flush ^a

Russet
very low ^a

Firmness
firm ^a

Crunch
crisp ^a

Coarseness
fine ^a

Flesh Colour
White ^a

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References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register