Devon Crimson Queen

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1953 - 081   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1953 from Launceston, Cornwall. Fruits have soft flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.

Accession name
Devon Crimson Queen

Flowering time
3rd May 10% flowering
7th May Full (80%) flowering
13th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late August 1

Size
medium-large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Flat globose 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
weak 1

Ground Colour
Whitish green 1

Over Colour (Amount)
high 1

Over Colour
Dark Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush 1

Russet
very low 1

Greasiness
Strong 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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