Roundway Magnum Bonum
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Mr Joy, gardener at Roundway Park, Devizes, Wiltshire, England. Received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1864. Fruits have rather soft, somewhat coarse-textured flesh with a very sweet and pleasant flavour.
Synonyms:
Magnum Bonum, Roundway's Magnum Bonum
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)
Size
large b
Type
Culinary / Dessert b
Shape
Truncate conical b
Height
63.00 mm b
Width
76.00 mm b
Ribbing
medium b
Ground Colour
Green yellow b
Over Colour
Brown b
Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked b
Firmness
firm b
Juiciness
dry b
Flesh Colour
Greenish b
Accession name
Roundway Magnum Bonum
Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register