Garnet

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised by W.Seabrook & Sons Ltd., Boreham, Essex. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1936. Fruits have firm, crisp, fine flesh with a slightly subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project

Size
medium ²

Type
Dessert ²

Shape
Flat ²

Height
51.00 mm ²

Width
70.00 mm ²

Ribbing
medium ²

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ²

Over Colour
Red ²

Russet
very low ²

Firmness
firm-very firm ²

Crunch
crisp ²

Coarseness
fine ²

Flesh Colour
Cream ²

Accession No.
1936 - 028   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Garnet

Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early September ¹

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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