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Beauty of Bedford
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised before 1913 by Laxton Bros. Ltd., in Bedford. Fruits have firm, yellow flesh with a sweet flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Lady Sudeley x Beauty of Bath
- Shape
- Ellipsoid 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 64.00mm 2
- Width
- 64.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1913 - 009
- Accession name
- Beauty of Bedford
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
11th MayFull (80%) flowering
18th May90% 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019