Lemon Queen

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1950 - 058   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1950 from Scotland. Fruits have firm, fine flesh with a subacid flavour.

Accession name
Lemon Queen

Flowering time
9th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
21st May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid September 1

Size
large-very large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Broad globose conical 1

Height
67.06 mm 1

Width
83.72 mm 1

Ribbing
medium 1

Crown
medium 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out 1

Russet
low 1

Greasiness
Medium 1

Firmness
firm 1

Coarseness
fine 1

Juiciness
dry-medium 1

Flesh Colour
Cream 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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