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John Huggett
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1940 by John Huggett, Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire. Fruits have fairly firm flesh with a sweet and aromatic flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Allington Pippin x Unknown
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 2
- Size
- medium-large 2
- Height
- 67.00mm 2
- Width
- 82.50mm 2
- Ribbing
- very weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- streaked 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1952 - 270
- Accession name
- John Huggett
- Flowering time ›››
- 2nd May10% flowering
8th MayFull (80%) flowering
16th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late August 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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