King's Acre Bountiful
Culinary apple
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Introduced in 1904 by King's Acre Nurseries, Hereford. Received Award of merit from RHS in 1904. Fruits have firm, greenish white flesh.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Croft Pendarren)
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Donnington)
Fruit Size
medium b
Fruit Shape
flat, rectangular, convex b
Fruit Height
57 mm b
Fruit Width
70 mm b
Ribbing
ribbed at eye b
Ground Colour
cream b
Over Colour
occasional faint flush b
Flesh Colour
greenish white b
Flesh Texture
firm b
Flowering Time
late b
Accession name
King's Acre Bountiful
Flowering time
19th May 10% flowering
23rd May Full (80%) flowering
29th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early September a
Size
large-very large a
Type
Culinary a
Shape
Flat a
Height
70.06 mm a
Width
94.28 mm a
Ribbing
weak-medium a
Crown
weak-medium a
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
very low a
Over Colour
Orange a
Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out a
Russet
low a
Firmness
firm a
Crunch
crisp a
Flesh Colour
White a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register