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Dawn
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to have been raised by R. Staward, Ware Park Gardens, Hertfordshire. It was exhibited in 1940. Fruits have crisp, white flesh with a subacid flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 68.00mm 2
- Width
- 70.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1944 - 019
- Accession name
- Dawn
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
11th MayFull (80%) flowering
20th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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