Margaret Taylor

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Found in a garden hedge at Witley, Surrey, England by F.E. Taylor. Exhibited in 1944. Fruits have coarse, rather dry flesh with an insipid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Size
medium ²

Type
Dessert ²

Shape
Flat globose ²

Height
57.00 mm ²

Width
63.00 mm ²

Ribbing
absent ²

Ground Colour
Green yellow ²

Over Colour
Brown ²

Coarseness
coarse ²

Juiciness
dry ²

Flesh Colour
White ²

Accession No.
1944 - 056   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Margaret Taylor

Flowering time
9th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October ¹

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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