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Clarke's Royal
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A full red coloured clone of Cox's Orange Pippin. Originally selected in 1984 by Mr P. Clarke. Trees are more precocious than Cox and also less vigorous. Fruits are juicy and sweet with a rich, aromatic flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Sport of Cox's Orange Pippin
Accession No.
1999 - 045
- Accession name
- Clarke's Royal
- Flowering time ›››
- 28th April10% flowering
30th AprilFull (80%) flowering
9th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late September 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Globose conical 1
- Height
- 60.54 mm 1
- Width
- 71.23 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak 1
- Crown
- weak-medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- high-very high 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Juiciness
- dry-medium 1
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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