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Pig's Snout
Cider apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to have originated in Callington, Cornwall. A dessert and cider apple
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- large 2
- Ribbing
- strong 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1992 - 125
- Accession name
- Pig's Snout
- Flowering time ›››
- 4th May10% flowering
6th MayFull (80%) flowering
11th May90% petal fall
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019