Collins
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Synonyms:
- Apple of Commerce, Champion, Champion Red, Collins Red, Collins' Red, Commerce, Commercio, Coss Champion, Coss's Champion, Pomme du Commerce, Torgovoe
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Mother to:
- Blaze
- Father to:
- Skinlite
Accession No.
1947 - 136
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1947 from France. Fruits have firm, hard flesh with an astringent flavour.
- Accession name
- Collins
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering 22nd May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Late October 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Globose conical 1
- Height
- 59.62 mm 1
- Width
- 67.48 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- weak-medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- low-medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/mottled 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Greasiness
- Medium 1
- Juiciness
- dry-medium 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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