Chips

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in about 1867 by Mr Sturgeon of Kent. Fruits have a distinct Cox-like flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1970 - 009   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Chips

Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid August ^a

Size
large ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Flat ^a

Ribbing
weak-medium ^a

Crown
weak ^a

Ground Colour
Green yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
medium ^a

Over Colour
Orange ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled ^a

Russet
low-medium ^a

Flesh Colour
Yellowish ^a

References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.