Curl Tail
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated from Surrey, England. First recorded in 1872. Fruits have soft, coarse-textured, dry flesh with a subacid flavour.
Synonyms:
Curltail, Curltail Pippin
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Size
large b
Type
Culinary / Dessert b
Shape
Oblong b
Height
69.50 mm b
Width
76.00 mm b
Ribbing
medium b
Ground Colour
Yellow b
Over Colour (Amount)
absent b
Over Colour
n/a b
Firmness
soft b
Coarseness
coarse b
Flesh Colour
White b
Accession name
Curl Tail
Flowering time
11th May 10% flowering
17th May Full (80%) flowering
24th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register