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Liddell's Seedling
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1949 - 105
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1949 from Scotland. Fruits have firm, tender, creamy white flesh which browns quickly when cut. A rather acid flavour.
- Accession name
- Liddell's Seedling
- Flowering time ›››
- 2nd May10% flowering
7th MayFull (80%) flowering
14th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid August 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 1
- Ribbing
- medium 1
- Crown
- strong 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
- Greasiness
- Medium 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019