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Autumn Arctic
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated from U.S.A. where it arose from a pile of chicken house litter on a farm in Vermont. Fruits have sweet, soft flesh with a little flavour. It is reputed to have some resistance to scab.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1974 - 121
- Accession name
- Autumn Arctic
- Flowering time ›››
- 7th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering
18th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid September 1
- Size
- medium-large 1
- Shape
- Flat globose 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- weak-medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/mottled 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Juiciness
- juicy 1
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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