Leather Jacket
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Exhibited in 1883 from Harwich, Essex. Fruits tend to have very greasy skin. Cooks well.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession name
Leather Jacket
Flowering time
3rd May 10% flowering
7th May Full (80%) flowering
15th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October 1
Size
small 1
Type
Culinary 1
Shape
Flat globose 1
Height
44.92 mm 1
Width
57.94 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
very low 1
Greasiness
Medium 1
Juiciness
dry-medium 1
Flesh Colour
White 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register