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Queen Alexandra
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in England. First exhibited in 1902. Fruits have rather coarse, crisp, yellowish white flesh with a subacid flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Oblong 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 63.00mm 2
- Width
- 74.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Greasiness
- Weak 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Coarseness
- coarse 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1919 - 005
- Accession name
- Queen Alexandra
- Flowering time ›››
- 10th May10% flowering
17th MayFull (80%) flowering
27th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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