Woodford
Culinary apple
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in Essex, England. Known in about 1900. Fruits have coarse, soft, pale cream flesh with a subacid, slightly sweet and slightly perfumed flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
Fruit Size
medium b
Fruit Shape
tall, conic, convex to straight b
Fruit Height
69 mm b
Fruit Width
69 mm b
Ribbing
ribbed at base and apex b
Ground Colour
golden yellow b
Over Colour
slight orange-brown flush b
Russet Type
a little netted russet, conspicuous stellate russet dots b
Flesh Colour
pale cream b
Skin Texture
tacky b
Flesh Texture
coarse, soft b
Flavour
subacid, slightly sweet, slightly perfumed b
Accession name
Woodford
Flowering time
10th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early September a
Size
medium a
Type
Culinary a
Shape
Broad globose conical a
Ribbing
weak-medium a
Crown
weak-medium a
Ground Colour
Green yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
medium a
Over Colour
Orange a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush a
Russet
very low a
Greasiness
Medium a
Firmness
soft a
Coarseness
coarse a
Flesh Colour
Cream a
Accession name
Unknown
Flowering time
9th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
22nd May 90% petal fall
Picking time
early september a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register