Puffin

Dessert apple

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Originated in Somerset, England. Described in 1883. Fruits have soft, tender flesh with a very sweet flavour.

Synonyms:
Bear and Tear, Come Bear and Tear, Puffin Sweet, Sweet Orcombe, Sweet Orcome

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Fruit Size
large ^b

Fruit Shape
flat, rectangular, convex ^b

Fruit Height
69 mm ^b

Fruit Width
82 mm ^b

Ribbing
ribbed at eye and on body ^b

Ground Colour
yellow ^b

Over Colour
flushed orange, streaked red ^b

Skin Texture
greasy ^b

Flesh Texture
soft, tender ^b

Flavour
mawkish sweet ^b

Accession No.
1950 - 285   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Puffin

Flowering time
2nd May 10% flowering
8th May Full (80%) flowering
15th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early September ^a

Size
large-very large ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Globose ^a

Height
90.35 mm ^a

Width
97.11 mm ^a

Ribbing
weak-medium ^a

Crown
weak ^a

Ground Colour
Green yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
low ^a

Over Colour
Orange ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled ^a

Russet
low ^a

Greasiness
Medium ^a

Firmness
soft ^a

Juiciness
dry ^a

Flesh Colour
Cream ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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