Lord Clyde
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by B.W. Witham, Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire. It was catalogued in 1866. Fruits have soft, fine, greenish-white flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Size
medium 2
Type
Culinary 2
Shape
Truncate conical 2
Height
57.00 mm 2
Width
66.00 mm 2
Ribbing
weak 2
Ground Colour
Yellow 2
Russet
very low 2
Firmness
soft 2
Coarseness
fine 2
Flesh Colour
Greenish 2
Accession name
Lord Clyde
Flowering time
2nd May 10% flowering
8th May Full (80%) flowering
16th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register