Mother
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated at Boston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. First recorded in 1844. Fruits have fairly firm, very juicy flesh with a sweet and distinctive good aromatic flavour.
- Synonyms:
- American Mother, Gardener's Apple, Mother Apple, Mother of ATnerica, Mother of the Arneri cans, Mutter Apfel, Mutterapfel, Queen, Queen Anne, Queen Mary
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Donnington)
- Mother to:
- Thomas Rivers
- Ruzena Blahova
- Father to:
- Mrs. Phillimore
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 69.00mm 2
- Width
- 69.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- streaked/mottled 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1975 - 317
- Accession name
- Mother (LA73A)
- Flowering time ›››
- 9th May10% flowering
15th MayFull (80%) flowering 23rd May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Late September 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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