Northland Seedling
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised at Northland Cottage, Tetbury, Gloucestershire by A.P. Kitcat. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1930. Fruits have firm, crisp, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the Gloucestershire Orchard Trust collection (link to website)
Size
medium 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Broad globose conical 2
Height
44.00 mm 2
Width
57.00 mm 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Russet
very low 2
Greasiness
Medium 2
Firmness
firm 2
Crunch
crisp 2
Coarseness
fine 2
Flesh Colour
Greenish 2
Accession name
Northland Seedling
Flowering time
3rd May 10% flowering
8th May Full (80%) flowering
16th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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