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Exeter Cross
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1924 by G.T. Spinks at Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol. It was named in 1953. Fruits have firm, crisp, juicy flesh with a sweet and refreshing flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Worcester Pearmain x Beauty of Bath
Accession No.
1973 - 135
- Accession name
- Exeter Cross (LA 63A)
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
11th MayFull (80%) flowering
18th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early August 1
- Size
- small 1
- Shape
- Flat 1
- Ribbing
- very weak 1
- Crown
- absent 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish green 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- high 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- solid flush 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Flesh Colour
- White 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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