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Merton Knave
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1948 by M.B.Crane at John Innes Institute, Merton, England. It was named Merton Ace in 1968 but changed to Merton Knave in 1970. Fruits have soft, juicy flesh with a sweet and pleasant flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Merton Ace
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Laxton's Early Crimson x Epicure
Accession No.
1980 - 080
- Accession name
- Merton Knave (LA)
- Flowering time ›››
- 8th May10% flowering
13th MayFull (80%) flowering
21st May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid September 1
- Size
- small 1
- Shape
- Globose 1
- Height
- 48.50 mm 1
- Width
- 56.74 mm 1
- Ribbing
- very weak 1
- Crown
- weak 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium-high 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Greasiness
- Medium 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Flesh Colour
- White 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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