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Forty Shilling
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 59.00mm 2
- Width
- 67.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Brown 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Russet
- low 2
- Greasiness
- Strong 2
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 2
Accession No.
1944 - 023
Received as scions from a tree near Carlisle, Cumberland. The original tree was growing in about 1800. Fruits have soft, creamy white flesh with a sweet flavour.
- Accession name
- Forty Shilling
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
11th MayFull (80%) flowering
18th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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