Jennifer Wastie

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised by F.W. Wastie at Eynsham, Oxford. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1945. Fruits have firm, chewy flesh with a sweetish flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Ribston Pippin x Barnack Beauty

Size
medium 2

Type
Dessert 2

Shape
Broad globose conical 2

Height
51.00 mm 2

Width
70.00 mm 2

Ribbing
weak 2

Ground Colour
Green yellow 2

Over Colour
Red 2

Firmness
firm 2

Coarseness
fine 2

Flesh Colour
White 2

Accession No.
1945 - 063   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Jennifer Wastie

Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late September 1


References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register