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Francis (Thorrington)
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in Essex by F.W. Thorrington. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1925. Fruits have firm, fine, crisp flesh with a very sweet and aromatic flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Francis
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
- Parentage:
- Cox's Orange Pippin x Unknown
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 48.50mm 2
- Width
- 55.50mm 2
- Ribbing
- very weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Dark Red 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Coarseness
- fine 2
- Flesh Colour
- Greenish 2
Accession No.
1925 - 031
- Accession name
- Francis (Thorrington)
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering
22nd May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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