Autumn Harvest
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to have originated in Westmorland. Recorded in 1934. Fruits have firm, tender, coarse, dry flesh with a subacid flavour. Flesh tends to brown very quickly once cut.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession name
Autumn Harvest
Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
15th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late August 1
Size
large 1
Type
Culinary / Dessert 1
Shape
Oblong 1
Height
62.22 mm 1
Width
70.55 mm 1
Ribbing
weak 1
Crown
weak 1
Ground Colour
Green yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1
Over Colour
n/a 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
n/a 1
Russet
low 1
Firmness
firm 1
Coarseness
coarse 1
Juiciness
dry 1
Flesh Colour
Greenish 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register