Mercer
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1948 - 739
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from East Malling Research Station, Maidstone, Kent. Fruits have fine, tender flesh with an acid flavour.
- Accession name
- Mercer
- Flowering time ›››
- 16th May10% flowering
21st MayFull (80%) flowering 28th May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Mid October 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Flat globose 1
- Ribbing
- weak 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/solid flush 1
- Coarseness
- fine 1
- Flesh Colour
- White 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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