Folkestone

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Tydeman's Early Worcester x Unknown

Accession No.
1964 - 069   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1964 from Chandler & Dunn, Ash, Kent. Fruits have crisp, tender flesh which is sometimes tinged red under the skin. It has a sweet and slightly subacid flavour.

Accession name
Folkestone

Flowering time
9th May 10% flowering
15th May Full (80%) flowering
23rd May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late August 1

Size
small-medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Broad globose conical 1

Ribbing
weak 1

Crown
weak 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
high 1

Over Colour
Dark Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled/solid flush 1

Russet
low 1

Greasiness
Medium 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Juiciness
dry 1

Flesh Colour
Cream 1


References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register