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I.B. Reid
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Said to have originated at Hutton near Lancaster, England. It was described in 1851. Fruits have firm, crisp, white flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1980 - 069
- Accession name
- I.B.Reid
- Flowering time ›››
- 13th May10% flowering
15th MayFull (80%) flowering
23rd May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid September 1
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- medium-strong 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- n/a 1
- Over Colour Amount
- absent 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- n/a 1
- Russet
- very low 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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