Yorkshire Aromatic

Culinary apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1949 - 282   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1949 from Scotland. Fruits have firm, greenish white flesh with an acid flavour.

Accession name
Yorkshire Aromatic

Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid September 1

Size
large 1

Type
Culinary 1

Shape
Broad globose conical 1

Height
58.77 mm 1

Width
70.83 mm 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
weak-medium 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out 1

Russet
low-medium 1

Greasiness
Medium 1

Firmness
firm 1

Flesh Colour
Cream 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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