Green Custard

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1941 - 028   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1941 from J. Cheal, nurserymen from Crawley, Sussex. Fruits have soft, whitish flesh with a slightly subacid flavour.

Accession name
Green Custard

Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid September 1

Size
large-very large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Ellipsoid 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
medium 1

Ground Colour
Green yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out 1

Russet
very low 1

Greasiness
Medium 1

Firmness
soft 1

Flesh Colour
White 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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