Lord Clyde

Culinary apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised by B.W. Witham, Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire. It was catalogued in 1866. Fruits have soft, fine, greenish-white flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Size
medium 2

Type
Culinary 2

Shape
Truncate conical 2

Height
57.00 mm 2

Width
66.00 mm 2

Ribbing
weak 2

Ground Colour
Yellow 2

Russet
very low 2

Firmness
soft 2

Coarseness
fine 2

Flesh Colour
Greenish 2

Accession No.
1946 - 079   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Lord Clyde

Flowering time
2nd May 10% flowering
8th May Full (80%) flowering
16th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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