Gloucester Royal
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in about 1930 at Dursley, Gloucestershire, by J.W. Thornhill. It was introduced in 1956 by Matthews Fruit Trees Ltd., Thurston, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. Fruits have coarse flesh with a sweet and insipid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the Gloucestershire Orchard Trust collection (link to website)
Parentage:
McIntosh x Unknown
Size
medium 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Truncate conical 2
Height
56.00 mm 2
Width
70.00 mm 2
Ribbing
weak-medium 2
Ground Colour
Yellow 2
Over Colour (Amount)
high-very high 2
Over Colour
Red 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2
Coarseness
coarse 2
Flesh Colour
Cream 2
Accession name
Gloucester Royal
Flowering time
11th May 10% flowering
16th May Full (80%) flowering
23rd May 90% 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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