Oxford Beauty

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised at Eynsham, Oxford by F.W. Wastie. Recorded in 1944. Fruits have fine, crisp, tender flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Gascoyne's Scarlet x Scarlet Nonpareil

Size
large ^b

Type
Dessert ^b

Shape
Flat globose ^b

Height
63.00 mm ^b

Width
75.00 mm ^b

Ribbing
weak ^b

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^b

Over Colour
Red ^b

Russet
very low ^b

Crunch
crisp ^b

Coarseness
fine ^b

Accession No.
1954 - 073   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Oxford Beauty

Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid 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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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