Harvest Festival

Apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in about 1955 by Mrs Helen Lloyd of Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. Fruit quality is not as good as Grenadier. It cooks reasonably well but has little flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1968 - 190   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Harvest Festival

Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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