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Red Victoria
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A chance seedling found in about 1884 near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Introduced by Miller. Received the Award of Merit in 1908 and a First Class Certificate in 1910 from the Royal Horticultural Society. Fruits have firm, greenish white flesh with an acid flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Red Rover
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
- Shape
- Flat 2
- Size
- medium-large 2
- Height
- 55.00mm 2
- Width
- 72.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Brown 2
- Flesh Colour
- Greenish 2
Accession No.
1922 - 015
- Accession name
- Red Victoria
- Flowering time ›››
- 5th May10% flowering
9th MayFull (80%) flowering
16th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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