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Richared Delicious
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A more highly coloured sport of Delicious. Discovered in about 1915 by J.L. Richardson, in Monitor, Washington, USA. Introduced in 1927 and trademarked by C & O Nursery Company. Fruits have very firm, very sweet, juicy flesh with an aromatic flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Richared
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Sport of Delicious
- Mother to:
- Lindel
- Father to:
- Redgold
- Aori
Accession No.
1977 - 157
- Accession name
- Richared Delicious
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
10th MayFull (80%) flowering
16th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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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