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Raritan
Apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1949 by G.W. Schneider at New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. Named in 1966. Fruits are crisp and juicy with a 'fruity' flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Mother to:
- Redfree
Accession No.
1971 - 050
- Accession name
- Raritan
- Flowering time ›››
- 9th May10% flowering
13th MayFull (80%) flowering
19th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- mid august 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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