Peter Lock

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Discovered in the early 1800s. It was found in Dean Woods, Buckfastleigh, Devon by Peter Lock. Fruits have soft, coarse flesh with a subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Size
medium-large 2

Type
Culinary / Dessert 2

Shape
Broad globose conical 2

Height
55.50 mm 2

Width
72.50 mm 2

Ribbing
medium 2

Ground Colour
Green yellow 2

Over Colour (Amount)
very low 2

Over Colour
Red 2

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2

Russet
very low 2

Firmness
soft 2

Coarseness
coarse 2

Flesh Colour
White 2

Accession No.
1924 - 052   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Peter Lock

Flowering time
1st May 10% flowering
6th May Full (80%) flowering
14th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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