Green Custard
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1941 from J. Cheal, nurserymen from Crawley, Sussex. Fruits have soft, whitish flesh with a slightly subacid flavour.
Accession name
Green Custard
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September 1
Size
large-very large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Ellipsoid 1
Ribbing
weak-medium 1
Crown
medium 1
Ground Colour
Green yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1
Over Colour
Orange 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out 1
Russet
very low 1
Greasiness
Medium 1
Firmness
soft 1
Flesh Colour
White 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register