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Cottenham Seedling
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Robert Norman at Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, England and introduced by H.J. Gautrey. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1924. Fruits have firm, coarse-textured, juicy flesh which is distinctly acid.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
- Parentage:
- Dumelow's Seedling x Unknown
- Shape
- Flat globose 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 67.00mm 2
- Width
- 74.50mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Coarseness
- fine 2
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 2
Accession No.
1924 - 010
- Accession name
- Cottenham Seedling
- Flowering time ›››
- 15th May10% flowering
20th MayFull (80%) flowering
28th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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