Benseman's Seedling
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 50.00mm 2
- Width
- 57.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- medium-high 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- streaked 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Juiciness
- dry 2
- Flesh Colour
- Greenish 2
Accession No.
1953 - 149
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1950 from New Zealand. Fruits are crisp and rather dry with a sweet flavour.
- Accession name
- Benseman's Seedling
- Flowering time ›››
- 3rd May10% flowering
9th MayFull (80%) flowering 18th May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Mid October 1

- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
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