Puffin

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.

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 1

Size
large-very large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose 1

Height
90.35 mm 1

Width
97.11 mm 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
weak 1

Ground Colour
Green yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
low 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
low 1

Greasiness
Medium 1

Firmness
soft 1

Juiciness
dry 1

Flesh Colour
Cream 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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