Discovery

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in about 1949 by Mr Drummer, a workman on an Essex fruit farm. It was first named 'Thurston August' but renamed Discovery in 1962 and introduced by nurseryman J. Matthews, Thurston, Suffolk. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a fairly sweet and pleasant flavour.

Synonyms:

Thurston August

Availability

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project

Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)

Parentage:

Worcester Pearmain x Beauty of Bath

Mother to:

Limelight

Accession No.

1973 - 189

  

Accession name

Discovery (EMLA 1)

Flowering time  ›››

7th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering
19th May90% petal fall

Picking time

Mid August ¹

Accession No.

1982 - 272

  

Accession name

Discovery (original tree No. 1)

Accession No.

1982 - 301

  

Accession name

Discovery (original tree no.2)

Size

medium ¹

Shape

Flat ¹

Height

45.38 mm ¹

Width

63.00 mm ¹

Ribbing

weak-medium ¹

Crown

absent ¹

Ground Colour

Whitish yellow ¹

Over Colour

Orange ¹

Over Colour Pattern

striped/solid flush ¹

Russet

low ¹

References:

1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.

2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register