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Excelsior
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by W. Seabrook & Sons, Chelmsford, Essex and introduced by them in 1921. Fruits have soft flesh with a slightly acid flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 76.50mm 2
- Width
- 84.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Flesh Colour
- Greenish 2
Accession No.
1924 - 017
- Accession name
- Excelsior
- Flowering time ›››
- 5th May10% flowering
10th MayFull (80%) flowering
17th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late August 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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