Bedford Red

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1967 - 059   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials from Yugoslavia via Scotland. It first fruited in Scotland in 1960. Fruits have sweet, yellow flesh.

Accession name
Bedford Red

Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
22nd May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October 1

Size
medium-large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Flat globose 1

Ribbing
medium 1

Crown
medium 1

Ground Colour
Yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
high 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
low 1

Greasiness
Medium 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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