Mollyanne

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1976 - 176   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1976 from E. Kennedy, Bournemouth, Dorset. Fruits are sweet, crisp and juicy.

Accession name
Mollyanne

Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
21st May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late September 1

Size
large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose 1

Height
66.86 mm 1

Width
77.38 mm 1

Ribbing
weak 1

Crown
absent 1

Ground Colour
Yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
low-medium 1

Juiciness
dry-medium 1

Flesh Colour
Cream 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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