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A.D.W. Atkins
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Mr A.D.W. Atkins, Exmouth, Devon in about 1971. Fruits retain a good flavour when cooked.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1988 - 021
- Accession name
- A.D.W. Atkins
- Flowering time ›››
- 26th April10% flowering
29th AprilFull (80%) flowering
7th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late September 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Flat 1
- Height
- 51.69 mm 1
- Width
- 71.02 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak 1
- Crown
- very weak 1
- Ground Colour
- Green 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- low 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/washed out 1
- Russet
- very low 1
- Coarseness
- coarse 1
- Flesh Colour
- White 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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