Measday's Favourite
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1939 from George Bunyard & Co. Ltd., Maidstone, Kent. Fruits have fairly crisp, tender, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.
Accession name
Measday's Favourite
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early September 1
Size
large 1
Type
Culinary 1
Shape
Globose conical 1
Height
64.08 mm 1
Width
76.04 mm 1
Ribbing
strong 1
Crown
medium 1
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
very low 1
Over Colour
Orange 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out 1
Russet
low-medium 1
Crunch
crisp 1
Coarseness
fine 1
Juiciness
dry 1
Flesh Colour
Cream 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register