I.B. Reid
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Said to have originated at Hutton near Lancaster, England. It was described in 1851. Fruits have firm, crisp, white flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession name
I.B.Reid
Flowering time
13th May 10% flowering
15th May Full (80%) flowering
23rd May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September a
Type
Culinary / Dessert a
Shape
Broad globose conical a
Ribbing
weak-medium a
Crown
medium-strong a
Ground Colour
Green yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
absent a
Over Colour
n/a a
Over Colour (Pattern)
n/a a
Russet
very low a
Flesh Colour
Cream a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.