Forpear
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Conical 2
- Size
- medium-large 2
- Height
- 63.50mm 2
- Width
- 70.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 2
Accession No.
1957 - 194
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1928 from the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada. Fruits have soft, juicy flesh with a sweet and pleasant flavour.
- Accession name
- Forpear
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
11th MayFull (80%) flowering 19th May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Late August 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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