Lord Clyde
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by B.W. Witham, Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire. It was catalogued in 1866. Fruits have soft, fine, greenish-white flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Size
medium b
Type
Culinary b
Shape
Truncate conical b
Height
57.00 mm b
Width
66.00 mm b
Ribbing
weak b
Ground Colour
Yellow b
Russet
very low b
Firmness
soft b
Coarseness
fine b
Flesh Colour
Greenish b
Accession name
Lord Clyde
Flowering time
2nd May 10% flowering
8th May Full (80%) flowering
16th 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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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