Feltham Beauty
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised and introduced by Veitch's Nursery, Langley, Bucks. First described in 1908. It received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1908. Fruits have firm, crisp flesh with a subacid and sweet flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Gladstone
Size
medium-large 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Oblong 2
Height
60.50 mm 2
Width
70.00 mm 2
Ribbing
weak-medium 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Over Colour (Amount)
high-very high 2
Over Colour
Red 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2
Russet
very low 2
Greasiness
Strong 2
Firmness
firm 2
Crunch
crisp 2
Flesh Colour
Greenish 2
Accession name
Feltham Beauty
Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid August 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register