Fon's Spring
Apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1948 by Ernest J. Ingleby, Milbury Heath, Falfield, Gloucestershire. Fruits have firm, fairly juicy flesh with a sweet, subacid, faint Cox-like flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession name
Fon's Spring
Flowering time
14th May 10% flowering
18th May Full (80%) flowering
24th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
mid september 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register