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Missouri
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Ingram x Lily of Kent
Accession No.
1971 - 053
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1979. Fruits are crisp and juicy.
- Accession name
- Missouri
- Flowering time ›››
- 12th May10% flowering
16th MayFull (80%) flowering
24th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late October 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Globose conical 1
- Height
- 68.19 mm 1
- Width
- 70.09 mm 1
- Ribbing
- medium 1
- Crown
- medium-strong 1
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- low 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- washed out 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Greasiness
- Medium 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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