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   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
King's Acre Bountiful

Flowering time
19th May 10% flowering
23rd May Full (80%) flowering
29th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early September 1

Size
large-very large 1

Type
Culinary 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 (Amount)
very low 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out 1

Russet
low 1

Firmness
firm 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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