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Plymouth Cross
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1916 at Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol by G.T. Spinks. Fruits have firm, crisp, cream flesh with a rather acid flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Allington Pippin x Star of Devon
- Shape
- Flat 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Ribbing
- absent 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 2
Accession No.
1930 - 033
- Accession name
- Plymouth Cross
- Flowering time ›››
- 28th April10% flowering
4th MayFull (80%) flowering
11th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late August 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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