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Guelph
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by W. Pope at Welford Gardens, Newbury, Berkshire. It received an Award of Merit in 1912 and a First Class Certificate in 1913 from the Royal Horticultural Society. Fruits have firm, fine-textured flesh which is a little juicy and rather lacking in flavour.
- Synonyms:
- The Guelph
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)
- Parentage:
- Charles Ross x Rival
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 64.00mm 2
- Width
- 76.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Coarseness
- fine 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1946 - 022
- Accession name
- Guelph
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
11th MayFull (80%) flowering
17th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early September 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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