Winter Majetin

Culinary apple

Culinary apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Originated in Norfolk, England. Recorded in 1820. Fruits have crisp, rather coarse, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Synonyms:
Majetin, Yorkshire Beefing

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

Fruit Size
medium ^b

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

Fruit Height
51-64 mm ^b

Fruit Width
64 mm ^b

Ribbing
ribbed at eye ^b

Ground Colour
greenish yellow ^b

Over Colour
flushed red-brown ^b

Russet Type
dotted ^b

Flesh Colour
greenish white ^b

Skin Texture
shining, somewhat greasy ^b

Flesh Texture
crisp, rather coarse ^b

Flavour
subacid ^b

Accession No.
2000 - 099   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Winter Majetin

Flowering time
12th May 10% flowering
18th May Full (80%) flowering
26th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October ^a

Size
medium ^a

Type
Culinary ^a

Shape
Globose conical ^a

Height
58.08 mm ^a

Width
69.09 mm ^a

Ribbing
weak-medium ^a

Crown
medium-strong ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
medium ^a

Over Colour
Red ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out/solid flush ^a

Russet
very low ^a

Greasiness
Medium ^a

Crunch
crisp ^a

Coarseness
coarse ^a

Flesh Colour
Cream ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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