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Prince George
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to have been raised by W.H. Divers, Surrey, England. Fruits have firm, coarse, crisp, yellowish flesh with a very acid flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Lane's Prince Albert x Peasgood's Nonsuch
- Shape
- Flat 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 69.50mm 2
- Width
- 90.50mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Brown 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- low 2
- Greasiness
- Medium 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Coarseness
- coarse 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1935 - 009
- Accession name
- Prince George
- Flowering time ›››
- 7th May10% flowering
14th MayFull (80%) flowering
22nd May90% 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019