Symond's Winter

Dessert apple

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Recorded 1928. Origin: Received from New Zealand.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Fruit Size
medium ^b

Fruit Shape
variable, flat to intermediate, convex ^b

Fruit Height
49-58 mm ^b

Fruit Width
57-66 mm ^b

Ribbing
slightly ribbed at eye, ribbed on body ^b

Ground Colour
yellow-green ^b

Over Colour
blotched and striped orange-red ^b

Russet Type
rough russet dots ^b

Flesh Colour
yellowish white ^b

Skin Texture
smooth ^b

Flesh Texture
soft, coarse ^b

Flavour
subacid ^b

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 ^a

Size
medium ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Truncate conical ^a

Ribbing
weak-medium ^a

Crown
weak ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
medium ^a

Over Colour
Orange ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush ^a

Russet
very low ^a

Firmness
soft ^a

Crunch
crumbly ^a

Flesh Colour
White ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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