Autumn Harvest
Culinary / Dessert apple
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to have originated in Westmorland. Recorded in 1934. Fruits have firm, tender, coarse, dry flesh with a subacid flavour. Flesh tends to brown very quickly once cut.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Fruit Size
medium to large b
Fruit Shape
intermediate, or tall, or flat, rectangular, occasionally truncate-conic, convex to almost straight b
Fruit Height
56-63 mm b
Fruit Width
65-74 mm b
Ribbing
slightly ribbed at eye b
Ground Colour
golden yellow b
Over Colour
occasional slight pinkish buff flush b
Russet Type
many russet dots b
Flesh Colour
browns quickly b
Flesh Texture
firm, tender, coarse, dry b
Flavour
subacid b
Accession name
Autumn Harvest
Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
15th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late August a
Size
large a
Type
Culinary / Dessert a
Shape
Oblong a
Height
62.22 mm a
Width
70.55 mm a
Ribbing
weak a
Crown
weak a
Ground Colour
Green yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
absent a
Over Colour
n/a a
Over Colour (Pattern)
n/a a
Russet
low a
Firmness
firm a
Coarseness
coarse a
Juiciness
dry a
Flesh Colour
Greenish a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register