Fairy (Cormack)

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Synonyms:
Fairy

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1967 - 069   fingerprint   check_circle

Received in 1967 by the National Fruit Trials from Yugoslavia via Scotland. Fruits have soft, juicy, sweet flesh.

Accession name
Fairy (Cormack)

Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
21st May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early September ^a

Size
large ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Flat globose ^a

Height
57.45 mm ^a

Width
71.98 mm ^a

Ribbing
weak-medium ^a

Crown
absent ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
high ^a

Over Colour
Red ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped ^a

Russet
very low ^a

Greasiness
Medium ^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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.