Dewdulip Seedling
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Received 1946. Origin: Received from Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)
Size
medium-large b
Type
Culinary b
Shape
Flat b
Height
60.50 mm b
Width
71.00 mm b
Ribbing
weak b
Ground Colour
Yellow b
Over Colour
Orange b
Russet
very low b
Firmness
soft b
Coarseness
coarse b
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1946 from J. Davies, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire. Fruits have soft, coarse flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.
Accession name
Dewdulip Seedling
Flowering time
10th May 10% flowering
15th May Full (80%) flowering
24th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early September a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register