Fairy (Cormack)

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Synonyms:
Fairy

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1967 - 069   fingerprint   check_circle

Received in 1967 by the National Fruit Trials from Yugoslavia via Scotland. Fruits have soft, juicy, sweet flesh.

Accession name
Fairy (Cormack)

Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
21st May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early September 1

Size
large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Flat globose 1

Height
57.45 mm 1

Width
71.98 mm 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
absent 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
high 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 1

Russet
very low 1

Greasiness
Medium 1

Firmness
soft 1

Crunch
crumbly 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register