Rivers' Early Peach

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised by Rivers of Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire. Introduced in 1893. Fruits have coarse, rather dry, white flesh with a sweet, aromatic flavour.

Synonyms:
Early Peach, Rivers' Peach

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project

Size
medium ^b

Type
Dessert ^b

Shape
Truncate conical ^b

Ribbing
medium ^b

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^b

Over Colour (Amount)
low ^b

Coarseness
coarse ^b

Juiciness
dry ^b

Flesh Colour
White ^b

Accession No.
2000 - 083   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Rivers' Early Peach

Flowering time
27th April 10% flowering
4th May Full (80%) flowering
10th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid August ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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