Sleeping Beauty

Culinary apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Originated in Lincolnshire. Described in 1851. Fruits have crisp, tender, yellowish white flesh with an acid flavour.

Synonyms:
Sleeper, Winter Sleeping Beauty

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project

Size
medium 2

Type
Culinary 2

Shape
Broad globose conical 2

Ribbing
medium 2

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 2

Over Colour
Red 2

Russet
very low 2

Crunch
crisp 2

Flesh Colour
Yellowish 2

Accession No.
1947 - 485   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Sleeping Beauty

Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
16th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October 1

References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register