Baker's Delicious
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Found in Wales and introduced in 1932 by Bakers of Codsall, Wolverhampton. Fruits are firm, crisp and juicy with a good aromatic flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Ffordd-fawr)
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 50.00mm 2
- Width
- 60.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- low-medium 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- streaked 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Coarseness
- fine 2
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 2
Accession No.
1947 - 039
- Accession name
- Baker's Delicious
- Flowering time ›››
- 1st May10% flowering
7th MayFull (80%) flowering 14th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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
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