Redwell
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in about 1911 at University of Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm, Excelsior, Minnesota, USA. Introduced in 1946. Fruits have soft, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Scott's Winter x Unknown
Size
medium-large 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Ellipsoid 2
Height
63.00 mm 2
Width
71.50 mm 2
Ribbing
weak-medium 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Over Colour
Orange 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked 2
Russet
low-medium 2
Firmness
soft 2
Flesh Colour
Greenish 2
Accession name
Redwell
Flowering time
11th May 10% flowering
15th May Full (80%) flowering
23rd May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late September 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register