Hollandbury
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in England. It was recorded in 1799. Fruits have soft flesh with a subacid flavour.
Synonyms:
Beare Rouge, Beau Rouge, Bland's Summer, Bland's Summer Pippin, Bon Rouge, Bonne Rouge, Bonne-Rouge, Bonrouge, Hallingbury, Hallingsbury, Hanbury, Hauberry, Hawberry, Hawberry Pippin, Hollandburg Hollandburgh, Hollandbury Pippin, Hollingbury, Horsley Pippin, Howberry Pippin, Howburry Pippin, Howbury Pippin, Imperial Levesey's, Kirk's Admirable, Kirk's Scarlet Admirable, Kirke's Admirable, Kirke's Scarlet Admirable, Kirke's Schone Rambour, Kirke's Schoner Rambour, Kirke's Sondergleichen, la Beau Rouge, le Beau Rouge, Livesey's Imperial, Red Flanders, Scarlet Admirable
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)
Size
large 2
Type
Culinary / Dessert 2
Shape
Flat globose 2
Ribbing
weak-medium 2
Ground Colour
Yellow 2
Over Colour
Orange 2
Firmness
soft 2
Flesh Colour
White 2
Accession name
Hollandbury
Flowering time
2nd May 10% flowering
7th May Full (80%) flowering
13th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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