Neild's Drooper

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

A weeping tree budded at Woburn 1915-16, the grafts having been taken from a tree planted at Woburn in 1894 labelled Calville Blanche d'Ete but does not resemble it. Fruits have greenish white, crisp, tender, watery flesh with an acid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Type
Culinary / Dessert 2

Accession No.
1957 - 241   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Neild's Drooper (MM106)

Flowering time
14th May 10% flowering
19th May Full (80%) flowering
26th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid September 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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