Symond's Winter

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1953 - 142   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1953 from New Zealand. Fruits have soft, coarse, yellowish white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Accession name
Symond's Winter

Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
16th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Truncate conical 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
weak 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush 1

Russet
very low 1

Firmness
soft 1

Crunch
crumbly 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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