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Old English Round
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.
Accession No.
1981 - 149
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1981 from Mrs A. Brodie, Meare, near Glastonbury, Somerset. Fruits are crisp and juicy.
- Accession name
- Old English Round
- Flowering time ›››
- 28th April10% flowering
1st MayFull (80%) flowering
11th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early September 1
- Size
- large-very large 1
- Shape
- Flat globose 1
- Height
- 66.44 mm 1
- Width
- 82.79 mm 1
- Ribbing
- strong 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped 1
- Russet
- low 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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