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Gavin

Apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in 1956 by A.G. Brown at John Innes Institute, Bayfordbury, Hertfordshire. Fruits have crisp, fairly juicy flesh with a fairly sweet flavour.

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

Accession No.
1969 - 029

  

Accession name
Gavin
Flowering time  ›››
7th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering
20th May90% petal fall
Picking time
early october 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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