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Cooper's Seedling
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated from Kent. Known to have been in existence in 1946. Fruits have rather soft flesh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1982 - 266
- Accession name
- Cooper's Seedling
- Flowering time ›››
- 27th April10% flowering
30th AprilFull (80%) flowering
9th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early September 1
- Size
- large-very large 1
- Shape
- Globose conical 1
- Height
- 82.80 mm 1
- Width
- 90.95 mm 1
- Ribbing
- strong 1
- Crown
- strong 1
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- absent 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- washed out 1
- Russet
- very low 1
- Coarseness
- coarse 1
- Juiciness
- dry-medium 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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