Dick's Favourite
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to have been raised in the late 1800s by Carless, foreman at Rowe's Nurseries, Worcester. Fruits are crisp with an acid flavour. Cooks well.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)
Accession name
Dick's Favourite
Flowering time
9th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
21st May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October 1
Size
large-very large 1
Type
Culinary 1
Shape
Broad globose conical 1
Height
69.98 mm 1
Width
81.02 mm 1
Ribbing
weak-medium 1
Crown
very weak 1
Ground Colour
Green yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
low 1
Over Colour
Red 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1
Russet
low 1
Crunch
crisp 1
Flesh Colour
Cream 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register