Dillington Beauty

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1953 - 137   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials from New Zealand. First recorded in 1872. Fruits have soft, coarse flesh with a subacid flavour.

Accession name
Dillington Beauty

Flowering time
9th May 10% flowering
15th May Full (80%) flowering
22nd May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October 1

Size
large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose conical 1

Height
65.15 mm 1

Width
76.41 mm 1

Ribbing
medium 1

Crown
medium 1

Ground Colour
Green yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
very low 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled 1

Russet
medium-high 1

Greasiness
Weak 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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