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Prince Edward
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised at Sawbridgeworth, England by Rivers Nurseries. Introduced in 1897. Received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1897. Fruits have firm, white flesh with a subacid flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
- Parentage:
- Cox's Pomona x Cellini
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 2
- Size
- medium-large 2
- Height
- 55.50mm 2
- Width
- 64.50mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Greasiness
- Medium 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1950 - 070
- Accession name
- Prince Edward
- Flowering time ›››
- 4th May10% flowering
10th MayFull (80%) flowering
18th May90% 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019