Schoolmaster

Culinary apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Said to have been raised from seed of a Canadian apple in Old Stamford Grammar School garden or in Herefordshire. Introduced in about 1880 by Thomas Laxton. Received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1880. Fruits have tender, coarse, greenish white flesh with an acid flavour.

Synonyms:
MaItre d'Ecole, Schulmeister, Shkolnyi uchitel, The Schoolmaster

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Donnington)

Size
medium-large 2

Type
Culinary 2

Shape
Flat globose 2

Ribbing
medium 2

Ground Colour
Green yellow 2

Over Colour (Amount)
low 2

Over Colour
Orange 2

Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked 2

Russet
very low 2

Greasiness
Medium 2

Coarseness
coarse 2

Flesh Colour
Greenish 2

Accession No.
1920 - 017   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Schoolmaster

Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
23rd May 90% 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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