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Hood's Supreme
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1924 by Miss B.Y. Hood at Duriehill, Edzell, Angus, Scotland. Fruits have very coarse, soft flesh with a very sweet flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Conical 2
- Size
- medium-large 2
- Height
- 60.00mm 2
- Width
- 67.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Coarseness
- coarse 2
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 2
Accession No.
1938 - 005
- Accession name
- Hood's Supreme
- Flowering time ›››
- 7th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering
18th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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