Cornish Honeypin

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1955 - 078   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1955 from Cornwall. Fruits have soft, fine flesh with a sweet flavour.

Accession name
Cornish Honeypin

Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
16th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early September 1

Size
small-medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Broad globose conical 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
weak-medium 1

Ground Colour
Yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1

Over Colour
n/a 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
n/a 1

Russet
low 1

Firmness
soft 1

Coarseness
coarse 1

Flesh Colour
Cream 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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