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Queenby's Glory
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
Accession No.
1949 - 057
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1949 from Wrest Park, Bedford, England, but thought to be older than this. Fruits have firm, yellowish white flesh with a sweet flavour.
- Accession name
- Queenby's Glory
- Flowering time ›››
- 3rd May10% flowering
8th MayFull (80%) flowering
16th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early September 1
- Size
- medium-large 1
- Shape
- Flat globose 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- weak 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- low-medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/washed out 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Greasiness
- Weak 1
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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