Crimson Queening
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
First recorded in 1831 but thought to probably be much older. Fruits have soft, dryish flesh which soon becomes mealy. Moderate flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Crimson Quoining, Herefordshire Queening, Quining, Red Queening, Scarlet Queening, Summer Queening, Summer Quoining
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Croft Pendarren)
Accession No.
1949 - 092
- Accession name
- Crimson Queening
- Flowering time ›››
- 10th May10% flowering
15th MayFull (80%) flowering 22nd May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Early September 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Globose conical 1
- Height
- 72.47 mm 1
- Width
- 73.33 mm 1
- Ribbing
- strong 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium-high 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/washed out 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Juiciness
- dry 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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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