Keed's Cottage
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Flat 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 54.00mm 2
- Width
- 73.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- streaked 2
- Greasiness
- Medium 2
- Coarseness
- fine 2
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 2
Accession No.
1947 - 511
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1947 from Pulborough, Sussex. Fruits have fine, creamy yellow flesh with a sweet flavour.
- Accession name
- Keed's Cottage
- Flowering time ›››
- 29th April10% flowering
4th MayFull (80%) flowering 12th May90% 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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
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