Scilly Pearl
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Flat globose 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 50.00mm 2
- Width
- 55.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Greasiness
- Strong 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1924 - 005
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1924 from the Isles of Scilly. Fruits have soft, tender, crisp, white flesh with a sweet and slightly subacid flavour.
- Accession name
- Scilly Pearl
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
10th MayFull (80%) flowering 18th May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Late August 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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