Rosy Blenheim
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by F.W. Thorrington, Hornchurch, Essex. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1925. Fruits have soft, coarse, whitish flesh with a subacid, perfumed flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Unknown
Size
medium-large 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Flat 2
Height
58.00 mm 2
Width
73.50 mm 2
Ribbing
weak 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Over Colour
Orange 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked 2
Russet
low-medium 2
Greasiness
Medium 2
Firmness
soft 2
Coarseness
coarse 2
Flesh Colour
White 2
Accession name
Rosy Blenheim
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register