Polly

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Received by NFT 1954. From Cornwall, England.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Size
medium ^b

Type
Culinary / Dessert ^b

Shape
Broad globose conical ^b

Height
49.00 mm ^b

Width
58.00 mm ^b

Ribbing
weak-medium ^b

Ground Colour
Green yellow ^b

Russet
very low ^b

Firmness
soft ^b

Flesh Colour
White ^b

Accession No.
1954 - 026   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1954 from Cornwall, England. Fruits have soft, white flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.

Accession name
Polly

Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
21st May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early September ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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