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Green Purnell
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in Worcestershire. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1945 but is believed to be much older. Fruits have fine, creamy white flesh with a slightly sweet and subacid flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Ffordd-fawr)
Accession No.
1945 - 101
- Accession name
- Green Purnell
- Flowering time ›››
- 7th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering
20th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 1
- Size
- large-very large 1
- Shape
- Globose 1
- Height
- 73.78 mm 1
- Width
- 86.45 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- weak-medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- low 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/mottled 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Greasiness
- Medium 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Coarseness
- fine 1
- Juiciness
- juicy 1
- Flesh Colour
- White 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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