Saint Lawrence
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in Montreal, Canada. It was well known in 1835. Fruits have tender, very white flesh with a subacid flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Corse's St. Lawrence, Lavrentii, Montreal, Saint Laurent, Saint-Laurence, Saint-Lawrence, Sanct-Lorenz Apfel, St. Lawrence, York and Lancaster
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1950 - 305
- Accession name
- Saint Lawrence
- Flowering time ›››
- 8th May10% flowering
13th MayFull (80%) flowering 20th May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Mid September 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Globose 1
- Height
- 55.90 mm 1
- Width
- 72.47 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak 1
- Crown
- weak 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Greasiness
- Weak 1
- Coarseness
- fine 1
- Flesh Colour
- White 1

- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
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