Fortune

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in 1904 by Laxton Brothers Ltd. at Bedford, England and introduced in 1931. It received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1948. Fruits have fairly firm, rather coarse-textured, juicy flesh with a sweet and good aromatic flavour.

Synonyms:
Laxton's Fortune

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)

Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Wealthy

Sports:
Fisher Fortune
Red Fortune

Size
medium 2

Type
Dessert 2

Shape
Truncate conical 2

Height
60.00 mm 2

Width
67.00 mm 2

Ribbing
weak 2

Ground Colour
Green yellow 2

Over Colour
Red 2

Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked 2

Russet
very low 2

Firmness
firm 2

Flesh Colour
Cream 2

Accession No.
1974 - 343   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Fortune (LA 64A)

Flowering time tree 1
4th May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall

Picking time tree 1
Early September 1

Size tree 2
medium 1

Type tree 2
Dessert 1

Shape tree 2
Globose conical 1

Crown tree 2
medium 1

Ground Colour tree 2
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour tree 2
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern) tree 2
striped/solid flush 1

Russet tree 2
low 1

Firmness tree 2
firm 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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