Potts' Seedling
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Samuel Potts at Ashton-under-Lyme, Cheshire in about 1849. Fruits have greenish white, rather soft, fine-textured flesh with a very acid flavour.
Synonyms:
Dean's Codlin, Deans' Codlin, Holland Pippin, Nott's Seedling, Notts Seedling, Notts' Seedling, Pott's Seedling, Potts Seedling, Potts's Seedling, Pratt's Pudding
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)
Size
large 2
Type
Culinary 2
Shape
Oblong 2
Height
76.00 mm 2
Width
82.00 mm 2
Ribbing
medium 2
Ground Colour
Yellow 2
Over Colour (Amount)
very low 2
Over Colour
Brown 2
Russet
very low 2
Firmness
firm 2
Flesh Colour
White 2
Accession name
Potts' Seedling
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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