Eady's Magnum
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in about 1908 by Miss D.A. Eady at Wellingborough, Northants. Fruits have very firm, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a rather acid flavour. An excellent cooker.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Size
large 2
Type
Culinary 2
Shape
Truncate conical 2
Height
70.00 mm 2
Width
79.50 mm 2
Ribbing
medium 2
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 2
Over Colour
Red 2
Russet
very low 2
Firmness
firm 2
Coarseness
coarse 2
Flesh Colour
Yellowish 2
Accession name
Eady's Magnum
Flowering time
10th May 10% flowering
15th May Full (80%) flowering
22nd May 90% 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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