Dockney

Culinary apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Received by NFT 1949. From Ireland. Grown in Northern Ireland.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)

Size
medium ^b

Type
Culinary ^b

Shape
Oblong ^b

Height
51.00 mm ^b

Width
64.00 mm ^b

Ground Colour
Green yellow ^b

Over Colour
Brown ^b

Russet
very low ^b

Firmness
firm ^b

Flesh Colour
Greenish ^b

Accession No.
1949 - 205   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1949 from Ireland. Fruits have firm flesh with a slightly bitter flavour.

Accession name
Dockney

Flowering time
9th May 10% flowering
15th May Full (80%) flowering
22nd May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late August ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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