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Queen Caroline
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in about 1820 by nurseryman T. Brown at Measham, near Ashby-de-la-Zouche, Leicestershire, England. Fruits have firm, loose-textured, white flesh with an acid flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Brown's Caroline, Brown's Codlin, Brown's Queen Caroline, Brown's Seedling, Spencer's Favourite, Spencer's Seedling
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)
- Shape
- Flat 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 60.00mm 2
- Width
- 76.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Brown 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1945 - 193
- Accession name
- Queen Caroline
- Flowering time ›››
- 5th May10% flowering
11th MayFull (80%) flowering
19th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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