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Coo's River Beauty
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Synonyms:
- Coos River Beauty
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1948 - 720
Received by the National Fruit Trials from East Malling Research Station. Exhibited in 1934. Fruits have soft flesh with a sweet, fairly aromatic flavour.
- Accession name
- Coo's River Beauty
- Flowering time ›››
- 5th May10% flowering
11th MayFull (80%) flowering
19th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early October 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Flat globose 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- weak 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/washed out 1
- Russet
- low-medium 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Juiciness
- juicy 1
- Flesh Colour
- White 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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