Measday's Favourite
Culinary apple
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Received 1939. Origin: Received from George Bunyard and Company Ltd., Maidstone, Kent.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Fruit Size
large b
Fruit Shape
tall to intermediate, truncate-conic, straight b
Fruit Height
76 mm b
Fruit Width
76 mm b
Ribbing
prominent ribs base to apex b
Ground Colour
greenish yellow b
Over Colour
sometimes flushed pale red b
Russet Type
russet dots b
Flesh Colour
greenish white b
Flesh Texture
fairly crisp, tender b
Flavour
subacid b
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1939 from George Bunyard & Co. Ltd., Maidstone, Kent. Fruits have fairly crisp, tender, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.
Accession name
Measday's Favourite
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early September a
Size
large a
Type
Culinary a
Shape
Globose conical a
Height
64.08 mm a
Width
76.04 mm a
Ribbing
strong a
Crown
medium a
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
very low a
Over Colour
Orange a
Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out a
Russet
low-medium a
Crunch
crisp a
Coarseness
fine a
Juiciness
dry a
Flesh Colour
Cream a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register