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Polly
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 49.00mm 2
- Width
- 58.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1954 - 026
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1954 from Cornwall, England. Fruits have soft, white flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.
- Accession name
- Polly
- Flowering time ›››
- 7th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering
21st May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early September 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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