Baron Wood

Culinary apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1999 - 074   fingerprint   check_circle

Thought to have been acquired by the National Fruit Trials in the late 1940s. Cooks well.

Accession name
Baron Wood

Flowering time
3rd May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid September 1

Size
large 1

Type
Culinary 1

Shape
Flat 1

Height
52.88 mm 1

Width
71.90 mm 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
weak 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
low 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
low 1

Greasiness
Medium 1

Firmness
medium 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Flesh Colour
Cream 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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