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Saint Cecilia
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by John Basham & Sons at Bassaleg, Monmouthshire, Wales in 1900. Introduced in 1918. Received an Award of Merit in 1918 and a First Class Certificate in 1919 from the Royal Horticultural Society. Fruits have crisp, juicy flesh with a rich, aromatic flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)
- Parentage:
- Cox's Orange Pippin x Unknown
- Shape
- Oblong 2
- Size
- medium-large 2
- Height
- 60.50mm 2
- Width
- 73.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- very weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Russet
- low 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1973 - 144
- Accession name
- Saint Cecilia (LA)
- Flowering time ›››
- 1st May10% flowering
7th MayFull (80%) flowering
14th May90% 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019