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Martin Becker
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 44.00mm 2
- Width
- 51.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- absent 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Russet
- low 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Coarseness
- fine 2
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 2
Accession No.
1947 - 345
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1947 from France. Fruits have firm, fine, crisp flesh with a sweet flavour.
- Accession name
- Martin Becker
- Flowering time ›››
- 8th May10% flowering
14th MayFull (80%) flowering
23rd May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late September 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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