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Moore's Seedling
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Synonyms:
- Moore
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1947 - 508
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1947 from Devon. Described in 1851. Fruits have tender, yellow flesh with a sweet flavour.
- Accession name
- Moore's Seedling
- Flowering time ›››
- 3rd May10% flowering
9th MayFull (80%) flowering
15th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late September 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Globose conical 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- weak-medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- low-medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/solid flush 1
- Russet
- very low 1
- Coarseness
- fine 1
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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