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Fisher Fortune
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A more highly coloured sport of Fortune. It was discovered in about 1960 on the farm of A.M. Fisher, Holmlea Farms Ltd., Elverland, Faversham, Kent. Fruits have moderately firm, rather coarse-textured, juicy flesh with a sweet and good aromatic flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Sport of Fortune
Accession No.
1962 - 045
- Accession name
- Fisher Fortune
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering
20th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early September 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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