Redwell
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in about 1911 at University of Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm, Excelsior, Minnesota, USA. Introduced in 1946. Fruits have soft, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Scott's Winter x Unknown
Size
medium-large b
Type
Dessert b
Shape
Ellipsoid b
Height
63.00 mm b
Width
71.50 mm b
Ribbing
weak-medium b
Ground Colour
Green yellow b
Over Colour
Orange b
Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked b
Russet
low-medium b
Firmness
soft b
Flesh Colour
Greenish b
Accession name
Redwell
Flowering time
11th May 10% flowering
15th May Full (80%) flowering
23rd May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late September a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register