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King's Acre Bountiful

Culinary apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Introduced in 1904 by King's Acre Nurseries, Hereford. Received Award of merit from RHS in 1904. Fruits have firm, greenish white flesh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Croft Pendarren)
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Donnington)

Accession No.
1987 - 094

  

Accession name
King's Acre Bountiful
Flowering time  ›››
19th May10% flowering
23rd MayFull (80%) flowering
29th May90% petal fall
Picking time
Early September 1
Size
large-very large 1
Shape
Flat 1
Height
70.06 mm 1
Width
94.28 mm 1
Ribbing
weak-medium 1
Crown
weak-medium 1
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1
Over Colour
Orange 1
Over Colour Amount
very low 1
Over Colour Pattern
washed out 1
Russet
low 1
Crunch
crisp 1
Flesh Colour
White 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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