Nelson's Favourite

Culinary apple

Culinary apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Received 1958. Origin: Received from Kendal, Westmorland.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Fruit Size
medium ^b

Fruit Shape
intermediate, truncate-conic to conic, convex ^b

Fruit Height
55 mm ^b

Fruit Width
64 mm ^b

Ribbing
slightly ribbed at eye and on body ^b

Ground Colour
dull yellowish green ^b

Over Colour
flushed orange-red, streaked and flecked pinkish red ^b

Russet Type
russet dots ^b

Flesh Colour
greenish white ^b

Flesh Texture
firm, rather coarse ^b

Flavour
acid ^b

Accession No.
1958 - 022   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1958 from Kendal, Westmorland. Fruits have firm, rather coarse, greenish white flesh with an acid flavour.

Accession name
Nelson's Favourite

Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
15th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid September ^a

Size
large ^a

Type
Culinary ^a

Shape
Globose conical ^a

Ribbing
weak ^a

Crown
weak ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium ^a

Over Colour
Orange ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled ^a

Russet
low ^a

Firmness
firm ^a

Crunch
crumbly ^a

Coarseness
coarse ^a

Flesh Colour
Yellowish ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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