Maldon Wonder
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in about 1900 by A. Mynard at Heybridge, Essex. It was introduced in 1933 by H. Brewer of Maldon. Fruits have firm, fine, crisp, greenish white flesh with an insipid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
Size
medium 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Broad globose conical 2
Ribbing
absent 2
Ground Colour
Yellow 2
Over Colour
Orange 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2
Firmness
firm 2
Crunch
crisp 2
Coarseness
fine 2
Flesh Colour
Greenish 2
Accession name
Maldon Wonder
Flowering time
2nd May 10% flowering
6th May Full (80%) flowering
13th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register