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Beauty of Hants
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in the garden of Mrs Eyre Crabbe at Basset, Southampton prior to 1850. It is said to be a seedling from Blenheim Orange open-pollinated. Fruits have soft, juicy flesh with a pleasant flavour similar to Blenheim Orange.
- Synonyms:
- Offine Seedling, Ofine, Seedling Offine, Seedling Ofine
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Blenheim Orange x Unknown
- Shape
- Oblong 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 65.00mm 2
- Width
- 75.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Brown 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1924 - 054
- Accession name
- Beauty of Hants (Myers)
- Flowering time ›››
- 7th May10% flowering
13th MayFull (80%) flowering
20th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early October 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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