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Morley's Seedling
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by C. Morley, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1928. Fruits have firm, crisp, coarse, white flesh with an astringent flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
- Parentage:
- Alfriston x Lane's Prince Albert
- Shape
- Flat 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 65.00mm 2
- Width
- 81.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Brown 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Coarseness
- coarse 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1928 - 018
- Accession name
- Morley's Seedling
- Flowering time ›››
- 9th May10% flowering
15th MayFull (80%) flowering
23rd May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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