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Reverend W. Wilks
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Veitch, Chelsea, England. First recorded in 1904. Received the Award of Merit in 1904 and a First Class Certificate in 1910 from the Royal Horticultural Society. Fruits have crisp, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a subacid flavour. Cooks well.
- Synonyms:
- Reverend Wilks
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Peasgood's Nonsuch x Ribston Pippin
- Father to:
- Robert Blatchford
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 76.00mm 2
- Width
- 88.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- low 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1979 - 183
- Accession name
- Reverend W. Wilks (LA 71A)
- Flowering time ›››
- 2nd May10% flowering
7th MayFull (80%) flowering
14th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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