Oxford Sunrise

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised at Eynsham, Oxford by F.W. Wastie. Exhibited in 1942. Fruits have firm, creamy white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Lane's Prince Albert

Accession No.
1945 - 060   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Oxford Sunrise

Flowering time
29th April 10% flowering
5th May Full (80%) flowering
12th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Broad globose conical 1

Height
53.38 mm 1

Width
68.99 mm 1

Ribbing
absent 1

Crown
absent 1

Ground Colour
Green yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
very low 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 1

Russet
very low 1

Crunch
crumbly 1

Juiciness
juicy 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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